Legal Opinion

Lee v. Port Chester Costco Wholesale

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

Decided March 8, 2011PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

“A defendant who moves for summary judgment in a slip- and-fall case has the initial burden of making a prima facie showing that it neither created the dangerous condition nor had actual or constructive notice of its existence for a sufficient length of time to discover and remedy it” (Van Dina v St. Francis Hosp., Roslyn, N.Y., 45 AD3d 673, 674 [2007]; see Torre v Huguenot Props., Inc., 77 AD3d 732 [2010]; Sloane v Costco Wholesale Corp., 49 AD3d 522, 523 [2008]; Doherty v Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., 265 AD2d 447, 448 [1999]). Here, the defendants established their prima facie entitlement to…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gordon v. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. Bykofsky v. Waldbaum's Supermarkets, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. Sloane v. Costco Wholesale Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  4. Mercury Insurance Group v. OcanaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  5. Raghu v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Halpern v. Costco Warehouse/ Costco WholesaleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  2. Schiller v. GuthrieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  3. Willis v. Galileo Cortlandt, LLCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  4. Parker v. Raymond Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  5. Payen v. Western Beef SupermarketAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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