Perez v. Gasho of Japan, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Sharon A.M. Aarons, J.), entered January 9, 2014, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Dismissal of the complaint was warranted in this action where plaintiffs allege that infant plaintiff tripped over a bump in a carpet runner in defendants’ restaurant. The record shows that the subject defect was trivial and not actionable, where infant plaintiff’s mother described the runner as being “bunched up . . .a little,” with “a little lump” (see Hutchinson v Sheridan Hill House Corp.,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Trincere v. County of SuffolkNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Hutchinson v. Sheridan Hill House Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 2015
- Kwitny v. Westchester Towers Owners Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008