Gonforone v. Southland Corp.

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Tanenbaum, J.), dated July 25, 2002, as denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff Patricia Gonforone allegedly was injured when she slipped and fell on a slippery substance on the sidewalk in front of the defendants’ store. The substance allegedly…