Fontana v. Fortunoff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Demarest, J.), dated May 14, 1997, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the defendants’ motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
On March 4, 1995, the plaintiff Stephen Fontana slipped and fell in a department store owned by the defendants. The plaintiffs contend that the fall resulted from the presence of flower petals on the floor.
It is well established that…
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