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SHEILA DRAKE et al., Appellants, v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., et al., Respondents.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In their examinations before trial, which were appended to the defendants' summary judgment motion, the plaintiffs stated that the accident which forms the basis of this action occurred at 7:30 A.M., in January 1987, after 1 1/2 to 2 inches of snow had fallen overnight. It is well settled that a person responsible for maintaining property is not under a duty to remove ice and snow until a reasonable time after the cessation of the storm (see, Mandel v. City of New York, 44 N.Y.2d 1004; Falina v. Hollis Diner, 281 App. Div. 711). Under the facts of this case, the defendants established, as a matter of law, that the ice and snow had not remained on the parking lot for an unreasonable length of time (see, Valentine v. City of New York, 86 A.D.2d 381). The plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue as to the duration of the alleged icy condition. Therefore, the Supreme Court properly granted summary judgment dismissing the complaint. Furthermore, the injured plaintiff's claim that she slipped on ice under the snow, in the absence of any proof that the ice was not the product of the same snowstorm, is not a condition from which negligence by the defendants can be reasonably inferred (see, Bernstein v. City of New York, 69 N.Y.2d 1020; Neilson v. Amodeo, 26 A.D.2d 840, affd 19 N.Y.2d 957; Hoffman v. Bachrach, 20 A.D.2d 790). Mollen, P.J., Brown, Lawrence and Spatt, JJ., concur.

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DRAKE v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC
(Sep 25, 1989)