Williams v. Azeem

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Nelson, J.), dated April 29, 2008, which granted the *989defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiffs decedent allegedly tripped and fell over a raised water valve cap in a public sidewalk abutting the defendants’ premises. The defendants established their entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that they did not negligently construct or repair the sidewalk, otherwise…