Case Name: Marie Nelson, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-05-10
Citations: 7 A.D.3d 589
Docket Number: 
Parties: Marie Nelson, Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 589–590

Head Matter:
Marie Nelson, Appellant, v City of New York et al., Respondents.
[775 NYS2d 894]

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Schulman, J.), entered May 23, 2003, which, upon renewal, granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, which had been denied by prior order of the same court dated December 9, 2002.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendants established their prima facie entitlement to summary judgment dismissing the complaint in this trip-and-fall action by demonstrating that the plaintiff was unable to state at her deposition what caused her to fall (see Novoni v La Parma Corp., 278 AD2d 393 [2000]; Capraro v Staten Is. Univ. Hosp., 245 AD2d 256 [1997]). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact. Therefore, upon renewal, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment. Ritter, J.P., Krausman, Luciano and Cozier, JJ., concur.