Legal Opinion

Clarke v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 30, 2002PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*780The McLeod defendants demonstrated their entitlement to summary judgment by presenting evidence that, inter alia, they neither smelled any gas in the house nor worked on the heater. As Clarke merely speculated that the McLeod defendants caused the alleged injury-causing condition (see Johnson v Sniffen, 265 AD2d 304; Davis v City of New York, 255 AD2d 356), and failed to present any evidence in admissible form that they had actual or constructive notice of the condition (see Wozniak v Filler, 245 AD2d 444; Mittendorf v Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 195 AD2d 449), the Supreme Court properly granted…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Doumanis v. ConzoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  2. Davis v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  3. Rum v. Pam Transport, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  4. Johnson v. SniffenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. Mittendorf v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  4. Seccombe v. Serafina Restaurant Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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