Hoovis v. Grand City 99 Cents Store, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Sher, J.), entered March 7, 2016, which, inter alia, granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In a trip-and-fall case, a defendant may establish its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting evidence that the plaintiff cannot identify the cause of his or her fall (see Viviano v KeyCorp, 128 AD3d 811 [2015]; Manning v 6638 18th Ave. Realty Corp., 28 AD3d 434…
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