{"id":2277,"date":"2019-01-23T12:48:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T17:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2019-01-29T17:56:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T22:56:30","slug":"new-york-appellate-court-grants-summary-judgment-to-defendant-in-slip-and-fall-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-appellate-court-grants-summary-judgment-to-defendant-in-slip-and-fall-case\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Appellate Court Grants Summary Judgment to Defendant in Slip and Fall Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Slip and fall accidents are all too common. A business may neglect to clean up snow and ice in a timely fashion, or an area grocery store may have an employee who doesn&#8217;t clean up a spill after being told to do so. These and many other scenarios can lead to a Syracuse premises liability lawsuit. Like other negligence actions, the plaintiff must be able to prove that the defendant breached a legal duty to him or her and that this was the proximate cause of his or her personal injuries in order to prevail at trial.<\/p>\n<p>This can be a difficult proposition, especially if the allegedly dangerous condition was only present for a short time. Having effective legal representation can help improve the plaintiff&#8217;s chances of success on the merits of his or her claim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/new-york\/appellate-division-first-department\/2019\/7739-21864-14.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a> was a woman who sought monetary compensation for personal injuries she suffered during a slip and fall accident on the premises of an apartment building. She filed suit against the defendants, the owners of the building, seeking payment for her medical expenses, pain and suffering, and other damages resulting from the fall. According to the plaintiff, her fall occurred due to the wet condition of a staircase at the building, and the defendants either knew about the condition or, in the exercise of due diligence, should have known about it.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-appellate-court-grants-summary-judgment-to-defendant-in-slip-and-fall-case\/#more-2277\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slip and fall accidents are all too common. A business may neglect to clean up snow and ice in a timely fashion, or an area grocery store may have an employee who doesn&#8217;t clean up a spill after being told to do so. These and many other scenarios can lead to a Syracuse premises liability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-premises-liability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York Appellate Court Grants Summary Judgment to Defendant in Slip and Fall Case &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; January 23, 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Slip and fall accidents are all too common. 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