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Angel Brown-Phifer, respondent, v. Cross County Mall Multiplex, et al., appellants.

DECISION ORDER

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

To impose liability upon the appellants, there must be evidence tending to show the existence of a dangerous or defective condition, and that the appellants either created the condition or had actual or constructive notice of it and failed to remedy it within a reasonable time (see, Miller v. Gimbel Bros., Inc., 262 N.Y. 107; Bonilla v. Starrett City at Spring Creek, 270 A.D.2d 377; Patrick v. Cho's Fruit Vegetables, 248 A.D.2d 692; Kuchman v. Olympia York, USA, 238 A.D.2d 381). The appellants established their entitlement to summary judgment by showing that there was no evidence of a defective condition which caused the plaintiff to fall (see, Robinson v. Lupo, 261 A.D.2d 525; Kuchman v. Olympia York, USA, supra). In her deposition testimony, the plaintiff repeatedly stated that she did not know what caused her foot to get stuck on the carpet. Since a jury would be required to speculate as to the cause of the plaintiff's fall, summary judgment should have been granted to the appellants (see, Robinson v. Lupo, supra).

SANTUCCI, J.P., ALTMAN, LUCIANO and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.

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BROWN-PHIFER v. CROSS COUNTY MALL MULTIPLEX
(Apr 16, 2001)