Morrison v New York City Hous. Auth., 41 NY3d at 631 (2024)

2024 NY Slip Op 02082 [41 NY3d 1023]
April 18, 2024
Court of Appeals

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In the Matter of Gregory Morrison, Appellant,
v
New York City Housing Authority, Respondent.

Argued March 13, 2024; decided April 18, 2024

Morrison v New York City Hous. Auth., 209 AD3d 588, affirmed.

{**41 NY3d at 631} OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff brought the instant premises liability action against defendant seeking damages for injuries he allegedly sustained when he slipped and fell on a wet substance on the stairs of an apartment building owned by defendant. Plaintiff asserts that defendant is liable because defendant negligently painted the treads on the stairs such that the treads have an inadequate coefficient of friction when wet. Because the alleged hazardous condition exists only when the stairs are wet, defendant established its prima facie entitlement to summary judgment by demonstrating that it did not affirmatively create the wet condition or have actual or constructive notice of that condition (see Parietti v Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 29 NY3d 1136, 1137 [2017]). We agree with the Appellate Division that plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact in response (see 209 AD3d 588 [1st Dept 2022]).

Chief Judge Wilson and Judges Rivera, Garcia, Singas, Cannataro, Troutman and Halligan concur.

Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.

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