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.
At his examination before trial, the injured plaintiff James H. McGuire testified that it was "raining ice" shortly before he slipped and fell on an ice-covered stairway at the defendant's premises. Three years after the accident, and nine months after his deposition, in opposition to the defendant's prima facie showing of entitlement to summary judgment, the injured plaintiff stated in an affidavit that the storm had ended more than three hours before his accident. Thus, the plaintiffs contended that the defendant had a reasonably sufficient time after the cessation of the precipitation to remedy the allegedly hazardous condition (see, Simmons v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 84 N.Y.2d 972; Lamolly v. Mobile Veterinary Tenant Unit Enters., 276 A.D.2d 596). These contradictory statements raised a feigned factual issue designed to avoid the consequences of his earlier admission (see, Martin v. W.B. Rest., Inc., 269 A.D.2d 431; Vento v. City of New York, 262 A.D.2d 309; Capraro v. Staten Is. Univ. Hosp., 245 A.D.2d 256). Accordingly, the defendant's motion should have been granted.