Case Name: Cecilia Horne, Respondent, v. Mr. John et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-12-01
Citations: 68 A.D.3d 722
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cecilia Horne, Respondent, v Mr. John et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 68
Pages: 722–722

Head Matter:
Cecilia Horne, Respondent, v Mr. John et al., Appellants.
[888 NYS2d 903]

Opinion:
In moving for summary judgment, the defendants bore the initial burden of establishing their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law (see Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 562 [1980]). The Supreme Court properly concluded that the defendants failed to meet that burden. Since the defendants did not meet their prima facie burden, it is unnecessary to consider the adequacy of the opposing papers (see Winegrad v New York Univ. Med. Ctr., 64 NY2d 851 [1985]; Gestetner v Teitelbaum, 52 AD3d 778 [2008]). Mastro, J.P., Balkin, Eng and Leventhal, JJ., concur.