Salaam v. City of New York
Salaam v. City of New York
226 A.D.2d 173; 640 N.Y.S.2d 117; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3639
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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