Legal Opinion

Amendola v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 9, 2011PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell on grease on the steps of a trailer which housed a workers’ locker room. The trailer was located inside an enclosed sanitation garage. The defendant City of New York moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, contending that it did not create or have actual or constructive notice of the alleged hazardous condition. The Supreme Court granted the motion. We reverse.

A defendant who moves for summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case has the initial burden of making a prima facie showing that it neither created the hazardous condition nor had…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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3Cited by37 opinions

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