Geneva v. Lash

*545In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Peck, J.), dated July 3, 2003, which denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

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

On December 31, 2000, at approximately 10:40 p.m., the plaintiff Joseph Geneva slipped and fell on an accumulation of snow on the sidewalk in front of the house owned by his next-door neighbor, the defendant Jeffrey Lash.

The defendant established his…