Osiak-Kolodziejczyk v. Scarsdale Improvement Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for wrongful death, etc., the plaintiff Alicia Osiak-Kolodziejczyk appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Colabella, J.), entered April 8,1996, as denied her motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs.
In order to prevail on a motion for summary judgment, the proponent "must make a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, tendering sufficient evidence to eliminate any material issues of fact from…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Lambert v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997