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KRAVATZ v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
May 29, 2007
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Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and the motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

The defendant established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting evidence that it did not receive prior written notice of the defect in the roadway that allegedly caused the injured plaintiff's fall ( see Lopez v G J Rudolph Inc., 20 AD3d 511, 512). In opposition, the plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether the defendant created the alleged defect through an affirmative act of negligence ( see Daniels v City of New York, 29 AD3d 514, 515; Bielecki v City of New York, 14 AD3d 301). Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.