Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1996

Salaam v. City of New York

Salaam v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 9, 1996
226 A.D.2d 173; 640 N.Y.S.2d 117; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3639
Salaam v. City of New York

Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Hansel McGee, J., and a jury), entered on or about March 2,1995, apportioning liability 100% against defendants, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Legally sufficient evidence of defendants’ constructive notice of a dangerous condition was provided by the uncontroverted testimony at trial that the puddle in which plaintiffs slipped was 21h feet by 21/2 feet and was dirty with numerous footprints, both wet and dry, leading out of it in all directions (see, Negri v Stop & Shop, 65 NY2d 625; Catanzaro v King Kullen Grocery Co., 194 AD2d 584). Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Ellerin, Rubin and Mazzarelli, JJ.

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