Legal Opinion
Rocco v. St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 18, 1999PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County *473(Doyle, J.), dated September 14, 1998, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In this slip-and-fall action, in order to establish a prima facie case, the plaintiffs were required to present proof that the defendant created, or had actual or constructive notice of, the defective condition which allegedly caused the injured plaintiff to fall (see, Robinson v Lupo, 261 AD2d…
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