Mejia v. Navarro

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Golia, J.), dated September 7, 1999, as denied that branch of her motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, the branch of the motion which is for summary judgment is granted, and the complaint is dismissed. In opposition to the defendant’s prima facie demonstration of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, the plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact that the defendant created or increased an existing hazard by negligently removing snow and ice that had accumulated on the sidewalk (see, Blum v City of New York, 267 AD2d 341; Faiz v City of New York, 254 AD2d 322). Accordingly, the defendant’s motion for summary judgment should have been granted. Ritter, J. P., Thompson, Friedmann, H. Miller and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.