ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The infant plaintiff allegedly was injured on a school playground when, during the course of playing on the "monkey bars," she failed to catch hold of one of the bars and fell to the ground.
The defendant established its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that the wood chip ground cover used as an impact cushioning under the monkey bars was maintained in a reasonably safe condition (see Rhabb v. New York City Housing Auth., 41 N.Y.2d 200). In opposition, the plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact sufficient to warrant denial of the motion (see Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 N.Y.2d 320). Neither the deposition testimony nor the affidavit of the plaintiffs' expert was sufficient, as the expert never inspected or measured the ground cover, and his opinion was based solely upon photographs of the scene and his review of affidavits. Accordingly, it was insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether the depth of the ground cover was adequate (see Leggio Gearhart, 294 A.D.2d 543, 544; Lopez v. Freeport Union Free School Dist., 288 A.D.2d 355, 356; Merson v. Syosset Cent. School Dist., 286 A.D.2d 668, 670).
S. MILLER, J.P., SCHMIDT, TOWNES and CRANE, JJ., concur.