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MICHAEL PACKES, RESPONDENT, v. BALLY TOTAL FITNESS CORPORATION, APPELLANT.

DECISION ORDER

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

"It is well settled that an owner of property is under no duty to pedestrians to remove snow and ice that naturally accumulates upon the sidewalk in front of his [or her] premises" (Prado v. City of New York, 276 A.D.2d 765; [2d Dept., Oct. 30, 2000]; Stewart v. Yeshiva Nachlas Haleviym, 186 A.D.2d 731). A failure to remove all of the snow is not negligence, and liability will not result unless it is shown that the defendant made the sidewalk more dangerous (see, Alexis v. Lessey, 275 A.D.2d 754; [2d Dept., Sept. 25, 2000]; Lakhan v. Singh, 269 A.D.2d 427; Tosov v. C B Ventures Corp., 261 A.D.2d 535).

After the defendant made a prima facie showing of its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, the plaintiff offered no evidentiary proof sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact (see, CPLR 3212[b]) that any attempts at snow removal on the part of the defendant rendered the sidewalk more dangerous. Thus, the Supreme Court should have granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint (see, Stewart v. Yeshiva Nachlas Haleviym, supra).

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PACKES v. BALLY TOTAL FITNESS CORPORATION
(Dec 6, 2000)