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ALBERT NIGRI, appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, respondent.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiff was driving on Shore Parkway in Brooklyn on a windy day when a piece of debris flew into his right eye, causing injury. The plaintiff commenced the instant action against the defendant, alleging that the unidentified object which struck him had been expelled by a tractor which was being used by one of the defendant's employees to cut grass alongside the road. The defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, and the Supreme Court granted the motion. We affirm.

The defendant demonstrated its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by showing that there was no evidence that the conduct of its employees caused the plaintiff's injury (see generally Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 N.Y.2d 320). To establish a prima facie case of negligence based on circumstantial evidence, the plaintiff was required to prove that it was "more likely" or "more reasonable" that the alleged injury was caused by the defendant's negligence than by some other agency (see Gayle v. City of New York, 92 N.Y.2d 936; Schneider v. Kings Highway Hosp. Ctr., 67 N.Y.2d 743). Since the plaintiff did not offer sufficient proof to render other plausible causes of the accident sufficiently remote, the Supreme Court properly found that no triable issue of fact exists as to whether the conduct of the defendant's employees caused his injury (see Gomes v. Courtesy Bus Co., 251 A.D.2d 625).

FLORIO, J.P., SMITH, KRAUSMAN and TOWNES, JJ., concur.

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NIGRI v. CITY OF NEW YORK
(May 20, 2002)