Case Name: Catherine Moriarty et al., Respondents, v. Minisink Valley Central School District, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-12-30
Citations: 300 A.D.2d 637
Docket Number: 
Parties: Catherine Moriarty et al., Respondents, v Minisink Valley Central School District, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 300
Pages: 637–638

Head Matter:
Catherine Moriarty et al., Respondents, v Minisink Valley Central School District, Appellant.
[751 NYS2d 792]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Berry, J.), dated March 7, 2002, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
On October 28, 1999, at approximately 3:20 p.m., the plaintiff Catherine Moriarty was walking across a grassy field between the driveway and entrance to the Minisink Valley Intermediate School when she stepped in a hole and fell. The hole was 12 inches long and approximately three or four inches deep and contained an empty soda can.
Contrary to the appellant's contention, the Supreme Court properly determined that an issue of fact exists as to whether the defendant Minisink Valley School District had constructive notice of the allegedly defective condition (see Gordon v Ameri can Museum of Natural History, 67 NY2d 836, 837). Florio, J.P., Friedmann, McGinity and Townes, JJ., concur.