Consalvo v. City of New York

*522In an action to recover damages for wrongful death, etc., the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Battaglia, J.), entered April 11, 2007, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

From 1990 until 2000, the decedent was employed as a New York City sanitation worker. His duties included picking up and disposing of dead animals. On the evening of February 15, 2000 the decedent was assigned by…