Pedersen v. Kar, Ltd.
Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Hall, J.), entered December 18, 2000, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff fell off a furniture display platform, approximately eight inches high, having just stepped up onto the platform from the opposite side. On its motion for summary judgment the defendant established that the platform was clearly visible, and that the plaintiff was not looking where she was going just before she fell. A property owner has no duty to
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