Hand v. Stanper Food Corp.

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Adams, J.), dated May 14, 1997, which denied its renewed motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

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

The plaintiff Gerard Hand was allegedly injured when he tripped and fell on a broken sign post protruding from a sidewalk. He and his wife subsequently commenced this action against the defendant, the owner of the property…