Heiden v. City of New York

The defendants made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that the table wheel upon which the plaintiff tripped and fell was open and obvious, and not inherently dangerous (see Mastellone v City of New York, 29 AD3d 540 [2006]; Swan v Eastman Kodak Co., 16 AD3d 1098, 1099 [2005]; Hecht v 281 Scarsdale Corp., 3 AD3d 551, 552 [2004]; Cupo v Karfunkel, 1 AD3d 48 [2003]; Sorce v Great Oak Mar., 282 AD2d 598, 599 [2001]). In response, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact sufficient to defeat the motion for summary judgment (see…