Legal Opinion

Hennington v. Ellington

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

Decided October 24, 2005PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Costello, J.), dated August 3, 2004, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that the plaintiff failed or was unable to identify the cause of her fall down the stairs of the defendants’ premises (see Tejada v Jonas, 17 AD3d 448 [2005]; Rodriguez v Cafaro, 17 AD3d 658 [2005];…

2Cases cited6 opinions

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  3. Curran v. EspositoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  4. Tejada v. JonasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  5. Rodriguez v. CafaroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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