Case Name: Muriel Hupfeld, Appellant, v. Speedy Muffler King, Inc., et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-06-12
Citations: 273 A.D.2d 275
Docket Number: 
Parties: Muriel Hupfeld, Appellant, v Speedy Muffler King, Inc., et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 273
Pages: 275–275

Head Matter:
Muriel Hupfeld, Appellant, v Speedy Muffler King, Inc., et al., Respondents.
[709 NYS2d 851]

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Donovan, J.), entered July 30, 1999, which granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated.
After the defendants made out a prima facie case for summary judgment, the plaintiff presented evidence which raised an issue of fact to warrant submission to a jury of the plaintiffs theory of res ipsa loquitur (see, Dawson v National Amusements, 259 AD2d 329; Finocchio v Crest Hollow Club, 184 AD2d 491; Nosowitz v 75-76 Polk Ave. Corp., 34 AD2d 648). The Supreme Court therefore erred in granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment. Bracken, J. P., Joy, Thompson, Goldstein and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.