Garofalo v. Henrietta Italia, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Mem*581orandum: Supreme Court properly granted defendant Henrietta Italia’s (Coco’s) motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs cause of action for negligence. Although Coco’s was required to exercise reasonable care for the protection of its patrons, an unexpected altercation between patrons, such as that between plaintiff and defendant Schneider, is not a situation that Coco’s could reasonably be expected to have anticipated or prevented (see, Lindskog v Southland Rest., 160 AD2d 842; Campbell v Step/Lind Rest. Corp., 143 AD2d 111; Silver v…
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