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Kimberly Schortemeyer, etc., et al., appellants, v. K-Mart Corporation, Inc., defendant third-party plaintiff-respondent; Laro Maintenance Corporation, a/k/a Laro Ser

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs to the respondent payable by the appellants.

The infant plaintiff claims that she slipped and fell on an accumulation of water in the defendant's store. She testified at an examination before trial that she did not know what she slipped on. However, when she returned to the area some ten minutes after her fall, she saw the water for the first time.

The defendant established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law. There was no indication that the defendant created the alleged dangerous condition or had actual or constructive notice thereof (see, Gordon v. American Museum of Natural History, 67 N.Y.2d 836, 837). The Supreme Court properly refused to consider the affidavits submitted in opposition to the motion, in which the affiants contradicted their own prior deposition testimony (see, Breland v. Flushing YMCA, 245 A.D.2d 410). Therefore, the motion for summary judgment was properly granted (see, Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 N.Y.2d 320).

RITTER, J.P., JOY, GOLDSTEIN and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.

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SCHORTEMEYER v. K-MART CORPORATION, INC
(May 8, 2000)