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MARIE CARMINATI, respondent, v. ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, ET AL., appellants.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

An owner of real property may be held liable for a hazardous snow or ice condition on its property if he or she had actual or constructive notice of the hazardous condition or created the condition ( see Wilson v. Prazza, 306 A.D.2d 466; Voss v. DC Parking, 299 A.D.2d 346). Here, the defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, thereby shifting the burden to the plaintiff to submit admissible evidence establishing a triable issue of fact ( see Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 N.Y.2d 320, 324). In opposition to the defendants' motion, the plaintiff failed to come forward with evidence sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether the defendants created the ice condition on the walkway that caused her to fall or had actual knowledge of the ice condition, or whether the ice condition existed for a sufficient length of time to charge them with constructive notice of it ( see Simmons v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 84 N.Y.2d 972, 973-974; Gordon v. American Museum of Natural History, 67 N.Y.2d 836, 837-838; Boddie v. New Plan Realty Trust, 304 A.D.2d 693; Javurek v. Gardiner, 287 A.D.2d 544; Alexander v. City of New York, 277 A.D.2d 334).

The plaintiff's allegation that the defendants were negligent in that they failed to provide adequate lighting for the walkway was improperly raised for the first time in opposition to the motion. Hence, the plaintiff could not rely on this new theory of liability to defeat the motion ( see Slacin v. Aquafredda, 2 A.D.3d 624; Araujo v. Brooklyn Martial Arts Academy, 304 A.D.2d 779; Alvarez v. Linsay Park Hous. Corp., 175 A.D.2d 225).

Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment.

ALTMAN, J.P., FLORIO, LUCIANO and MASTRO, JJ., concur.

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CARMINATI v. ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE
(Apr 12, 2004)