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`OF THE STATEOF
`COURT
`OF NASSAD
`
`N1iW TORK
`
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`-------------------
`SEBAGH
`YAEL
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`---------------------------x
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`Plaintiff,
`
`Index
`
`No.:
`
`606781/2016
`
`NOTICE
`
`OF APPEAL
`
`-against-
`
`CAPITAL
`FITNESS,
`LLC
`ROÖSEVELT,
`PROPERTY
`SIMON
`
`CAPITAL
`INC.,
`d/b/a XSPORTS
`L.P.
`GROUP,
`
`FITNESS-
`
`FITNESS,
`
`and
`
`..
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`--------------
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`Defendants.
`-----------------------------------r----------x
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`PLEASE
`
`TAKE NOTICE
`
`that Defendatits,
`
`by their
`
`attorneys,
`
`LITCHFIELD
`
`CAVO,
`
`LLP,
`
`hereby
`
`appeal
`
`to the Appellate
`
`Division,
`
`Secotid
`
`Department,
`
`from
`
`a Decision
`
`and Order
`
`of
`
`this
`
`Court
`
`in favor
`
`of
`
`the Defendâñts,
`
`with
`
`säid
`
`decision
`
`being
`
`entered
`
`with
`
`the Clerk
`
`of
`
`the Supreme
`
`Court
`
`of
`
`the County
`
`of Nassau
`
`on May
`
`30, 2019.
`
`Defendants
`
`appeal
`
`from each
`
`and every
`
`part
`
`of
`
`said Order
`
`by which
`
`is aggrieved
`
`as well
`
`as from
`
`the whole
`
`thereof.
`
`A copy
`
`of
`
`said Order
`
`is
`
`annexed
`
`hereto.
`
`Dated:
`
`New York,
`New York
`26, 2019
`June
`
`.
`
`.
`
`A. Carbone
`Patricia
`Cavo
`LLP
`Litchfield
`Lexington
`420
`Avenue,
`New York,
`New York
`434-0100
`(212)
`File No:
`9074-4407
`Attorneys
`for Defendants
`
`2104
`
`Suite
`10170
`
`TO:
`
`LEAHEY
`120 Wall
`New York,
`(212)269-7308
`Attorneys
`
`& JOHNSON,
`Suite
`Street,
`New York
`
`P.C.
`2200
`10005
`
`for
`
`Plaintiff
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`Paper Appea|êd
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`From (Check
`
`one only):
`
`Appeal
`
`Decree
`Judgement
`Order
`
`O Amêñded
`O Amended
`O Amêñded
`O Decision
`O Decree
`
`O Determination
`O Finding
`O Interlocutory
`O Interlocutory
`O Judgment
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`Court:
`Supreme
`06/26/2019
`Dated:
`in full): ANTHONY L PARGA
`Judge (name
`O Final O Post-Final
`Stage:
`15 Interlocutory
`
`Court
`
`or
`
`has been taken
`one order
`than
`from more
`of
`by the filing
`of appeal,
`please
`this notice
`the below information
`for each such order
`or
`from on a separate
`appealed
`sheet
`of paper.
`O Resettled
`Order
`O Ruling
`O Other
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`If an appeal
`judgment
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`M Order
`O Order & Judgment
`O Partial Decree
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`Index No.:606781/2016
`O Yes
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`June 4, 2019
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`if Yes: O Jury O Non-Jury
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`whether
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`Where
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`there
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`is any related
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`or prcceeding
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`to Show Cause O Notice
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`Date Filed:
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`Court:
`Judge (name
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`Judge (name
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`Choose
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`
`County
`
`of Transfer
`
`Date:
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`Choose
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`County
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`County:
`order
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`County:
`Dated:
`
`from.
`the paper
`If the appeal
`eppea|ed
`describe
`If an appeal,
`Description:
`briefly
`If an original
`or denied.
`the motion
`was granted
`and whether
`requested
`proceeding
`the object
`of proceeding.
`If an epp!!cation
`to CPLR 7804(g),
`describe
`pursuant
`briefly
`to be reviewed.
`order
`the ex parte
`of
`nature
`appeals
`from each and every
`the Honorable
`of
`the Order
`part of
`Defendant
`judgment
`4, 2019 giâñtiñÿ
`plaintiff's
`cross-motion
`for summary
`June
`entered
`defêñdañt
`certain
`dêfêñses
`raised
`against
`and dismissing
`affirmative
`liability
`should
`have been dismissed.
`Simon Property
`Group
`
`the relief
`an order,
`is frorn
`specify
`in this court
`or transferred
`commenced
`under CPLR 5704,
`describe
`the
`briefly
`
`dated May 30, 2019
`L. Parga
`and
`Anthony
`judgment
`to plaintiff
`and awarding
`summary
`by defendants.
`in addition,
`the action
`against
`
`on
`
`Informational
`
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`to be raised on the appeal,
`Issues:
`the issues proposed
`proceeding,
`Specify
`for
`or modification
`to be advanced
`and the specific
`relief
`sought
`reversal,
`
`or application
`on appeal.
`
`.
`
`for CPLR 5704
`
`review,
`
`the grounds
`
`Plaintiff's
`whether
`notice
`assumed
`dismissed.
`
`of
`
`cross-motion
`a dangerous
`dangerous
`the
`the
`risk
`of her
`
`for
`summary
`condition
`existed
`condition
`injuries.
`
`judgment
`the
`at
`at
`
`existing
`In addition,
`
`been
`
`have
`should
`time
`of plaintiff's
`the
`time
`of plãintiffs
`the
`action
`against
`
`denied
`alleged
`alleged
`Simon
`
`as
`
`issues
`
`accident,
`accident
`
`Property
`
`Group
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`exist
`of
`as
`fact
`whether
`defeñdañts
`and whether
`plaintiff
`should
`been
`have
`
`to
`
`had
`
`Fill
`
`in the
`If this form is to be filed for an
`line.
`per
`one name
`or proceeding,
`to the action
`of each party
`name
`Instructions
`the status
`indicata
`in this court,
`its status
`and his, her, or
`in the court
`the party
`of original
`instance
`of
`if any.
`If this
`appeal,
`for a proceeding
`the party's
`form is to be filed
`commenced
`in this
`fill
`in only
`name
`and his, her, or
`its status
`in this
`court,
`court.
`
`Party Name
`
`. |
`
`Original
`
`Status
`
`Yael Sebagh
`Capital Fitness Inc.
`Capital Fitness-Roosevelt LLC d/b/a XSport Fitness
`Simon Property Group LP
`
`Plaintiff
`Defendant
`Defêñdant
`Defendant
`
`Division
`
`Status
`
`Appellate
`Respondent
`Appellant
`Appellant
`|Appellant
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`1
`2
`3
`4
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`5 6 7 9
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`10
`11
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`13
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`16
`17
`18
`19
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`Attorney
`
`Information
`
`the attorneys
`of
`in the names
`or
`Fill
`instructions:
`or order
`to show cause by which
`notice
`of petition
`for
`the attorney
`of
`the name
`the petitioner
`only
`"Pro Se" must be checked
`the box marked
`himself,
`in the spaces
`provided.
`
`If this form is to be filed with the
`for
`firms
`parties.
`the respective
`is to be ovnnuenced
`in the Appe!!ete
`a special
`Division,
`proceeding
`need be picvided.
`In the event
`that
`a litigant
`herself
`or
`represents
`and the apprapriate
`information
`for
`that
`litigant must be supp!ied
`
`Jason Paget/Leahey & Johnson, PC
`Name:
`wan street, suite 2200
`
`State: NY
`
`Zip: 10005
`
`Telephone
`
`No:212-269-7308
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`we
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`Zip: 10170
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`| Telephone
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`No: 212-434-0100
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`party
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`Patricia A. Carbone'L!tchfiaM Cavo LLP
`Name:
`Attorney/Firm
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`.........
`420 Lexington Avenue, suite 2104
`Address:
`City: New York
`State: NY
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`Type:
`Attorney
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`Name:
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`SUPREME
`COUNTY
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`COURT OF THE STÁTE
`OF NASSAU
`¬------...---•·•---------··--------X
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`YAEL
`
`SEBAGH,
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`Plaintiff
`
`-against
`
`Index No:
`606781/2016
`
`ORDER WITH
`OF ENTRY
`NOTICE
`
`CAPITAL
`FITNESS,
`LLC
`ROOSEVELT,
`SIMON
`PROPERTY
`
`INC., CAPITAL
`XSPORT
`d/b/a
`GROUP
`L.P.,
`
`FITNESS
`FITNESS,
`
`and
`
`---
`
`....,-----....--
`
`COUNSELORS:
`
`.
`
`Defendants.
`¬------------X
`
`.
`
`PLEASE
`
`TAKE NOTICE
`
`that
`
`the within
`
`is a true copy of
`
`the Order
`
`of
`
`the Honorable
`
`.
`
`Anthony
`
`L. Parga
`
`of
`
`the Supreme
`
`Court
`
`of
`
`the State of New York, Nassau County,
`
`dated May
`
`28, 2019, with Notice
`
`of Entry, Which;was
`
`duly
`
`entered
`
`in the office
`
`of
`
`the clerk
`
`of
`
`the within
`
`named Court
`
`on May
`
`30, 2019.
`
`The undersigned
`hereby
`information
`and belief
`formed
`the within
`presentation
`Ordef
`of
`frivolous
`as defined
`in 22 NYCRR
`
`CERTIFICATION
`ATTORNEY'S
`certifies
`the undersigned's
`to the best of
`|ctiawledge,
`that,
`the circumstatices,
`after
`a reasonable
`under
`the
`inquiry
`with Notice
`or
`the contentions
`cüñta!ned
`herein
`of Entry
`§130-1.1(c).
`
`are not
`
`Dated: New York,
`June 3, 2019
`
`New York.
`
`.
`
`Yours,
`
`etc.,
`
`P.C.
`
`& JOHNSON,
`for Plaintiffs
`TOPOL
`and JASON
`Street, Suite
`2220
`New York
`10005
`
`LEAHEY
`Attorneys
`CASEY
`120 Wall
`New York,
`26
`(212)
`
`PRESSBERG
`
`BY:
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`TO:
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`LLP
`Cavo
`Litchfield
`for Defendants
`Attorneys
`420 Lexington
`Avenue,
`New York,
`New York
`
`2104
`
`Suite
`10170
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`SEBAGH,
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`Plaintiff,
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`CAPITAL
`FITNESS,
`FITNESS-ROOSEVELT,
`XSPORT
`FITNESS
`PROPERTY
`GROUP,
`
`INC.,
`
`CAPITAL
`LLC d/b/a
`and SIMON
`L.P.,
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`Defendants.
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`the foregoing
`LLC d/b/a XSports
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`papers,
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`CPLR §3212,
`
`prejudice;
`
`granting
`and the motion
`
`summary
`
`the by defendants,
`Fitness,
`and Simon Property Group,
`Fitness
`plaintiffs
`claims
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`her Bill
`
`, Yael Sebagh,
`of Particulars
`
`and an order
`
`her
`
`pursuant
`
`entirety
`to CPLR §
`to CPLR §
`and granting
`herein.
`
`her
`
`3025 (b) granting
`3212 (e) dismissing
`partial
`judgmcnt
`
`the defendant's
`
`third,
`
`fourth
`
`and sixth affirmative
`
`defenses
`
`summa-y
`
`on the isstie of
`
`liability,
`
`are determined
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`as provided
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`The plaintiF
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`in this action
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`seeks to recover
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`damages
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`for personal
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`injuries
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`she suffered
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`on
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`May
`
`26, 2015, when,
`
`a metal
`
`after exercising
`behind
`the treadmill
`box on the floor
`
`a treadmill
`
`at XSport
`
`Fitness,
`
`she stepped
`
`off of
`
`it on to
`
`ausing
`
`her
`
`to fall and injure
`
`her ankle.
`
`The metal
`
`box
`
`enclosed
`
`cicctricâ!
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`wires
`
`that
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`power
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`I
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`the
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`Deferd-nt,
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`Simon
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`Property
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`Group,
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`L.P.
`
`(Simon),
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`was an alleged
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`!ññd!ürd
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`f
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`the site
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`efendart.
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`Capital
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`Fitness,
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`Inc.
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`(Capital),
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`is the
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`1 of
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`.
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`.
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`corporate
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`owner
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`of XSport
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`Fitness;
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`and d fendaal,
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`XSports
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`Fitness
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`(XSports),
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`was a sub-tenant
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`which
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`operated
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`the
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`health
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`against
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`it on the ground
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`that
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`club.
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`Simon
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`seeks
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`au-ma2y
`it was an out-of-possessibn
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`the property,
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`and all defendants
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`judgment
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`on several
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`grõüñds:
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`judgment
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`dismissing
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`the complaint
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`!Eñdicid
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`which was not
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`responsible
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`for
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`the cc:p!ñiñt
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`against
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`them
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`minaing
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`defective
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`seek sùm-easy
`they did not have notice
`of
`that
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`the alleged
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`condition;
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`plaintiff
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`assa--ed
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`the risk of her
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`injury;
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`and,
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`the alleged
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`defective
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`eêñditiêñ
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`was open
`
`and obvious
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`and not
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`inherently
`
`dangerous.
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`The plaintiff
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`seeks
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`leave
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`to amend
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`her Bill
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`Ïof Particulars
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`to include
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`allegations
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`of code
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`violati0ñs
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`and a failure
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`sun;:na:y
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`judgment
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`dismissing
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`with
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`the tr admilPs
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`to comply
`the third #tirmative
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`defense
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`sounding
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`operating
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`manual,
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`She also seeks partial
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`the fourth
`
`affirmative
`
`defense
`
`that
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`the;alleged
`
`defective
`
`ecnd!:!;:
`
`was
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`the risk;
`in assumption
`of
`and abviôüs;"
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`"open
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`and,
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`the sixth
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`affirmative
`
`defense
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`£=:d°¶;;
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`in
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`comliarative
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`negligence
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`and to hold
`
`the defendants
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`liable
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`for her
`
`injuries.
`
`that
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`the defendents
`
`Plaintiñ
`
`majet-Jes
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`dangerous
`
`condition
`
`that
`
`caused
`
`her
`
`injury;
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`thig
`
`it was not open
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`created
`negligently
`and obvious·
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`the defective
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`but was
`
`rather
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`inherently
`
`dangerous;
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`and,
`
`that
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`she did
`
`not assume
`
`the risk
`
`of her
`
`falf
`
`as the
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`conditica
`
`that
`
`caused
`
`it was concealed
`
`and unreasoriably
`
`increased
`
`the risk
`
`of using
`
`the treadmill.
`
`She denies
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`any fault
`
`for her
`
`injuries.
`
`The
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`plaintiff
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`seeks
`
`to
`
`amend
`
`her Bill.
`
`of Particulars
`
`to
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`âdvâñcs
`
`violations
`
`A-6-d--
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`of
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`the NãticaâI
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`Electric
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`Code
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`and the New York State Uniform
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`Fire Prevention
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`by
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`the
`
`and
`
`alleges
`
`that
`
`the
`
`d
`
`International
`
`Code/American
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`Building
`
`Naticñal
`
`Code.
`
`She
`
`Standards
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`teedm!!l
`
`in cempliancc
`
`Institute
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`with
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`p!ninti€has
`
`alleged
`
`that
`
`("Ansi")
`the manufacturing
`the de&ndads
`were
`
`Al 17.1,
`
`violated
`
`the
`
`Sec.
`
`303.1
`
`and
`
`303.2
`
`manual
`
`In her present
`
`by
`
`Bill
`
`not
`
`instelling
`of Particulars,
`
`the
`
`the
`
`dangerous
`
`and hazardous
`
`canditioñ
`
`and in failing
`
`that
`
`the dangerous
`
`condition
`
`consisted
`
`of:
`
`negligent
`
`and creating
`in causing
`it. More
`
`an --ren:ndly
`she alleged
`
`specifically,
`
`to warn
`
`of
`
`affixed
`and hazardous
`object
`trap like, d angerous,
`[a] hidden, misleveled,
`behind
`the
`and trap-like
`to the floor
`a dangerous,
`hazardaüs,
`walkway
`creating
`the ...premises."
`within
`configured
`treadmills
`and hazardously
`dangerously
`
`The plaintiff
`
`also represented
`
`that
`
`she!would
`
`ask the court
`
`to take judicial
`
`notice
`
`of all
`
`applicable
`
`statutes,
`
`ordinances,
`
`rules and repk:kns
`
`which
`
`the deinf='s
`
`may have violated.
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`2
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`2 of
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`Generally,
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`"leave
`
`to amend
`
`[a Bill
`
`where,
`
`as here,
`
`the proposed
`
`amendment
`
`that
`
`it would
`
`prejudice
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`or surprise
`
`of Particulars]
`is not patently
`devoid
`the opposingiparty,
`
`should
`
`be freely
`especially
`and there is no evidence
`of merit,
`
`granted,
`
`since the proposed
`omitted)"
`
`amendment
`
`arises
`
`out
`
`(Rocha
`
`v GRT Const.
`
`of
`
`of
`
`the same facts as those
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`in the pomp!:ks
`
`(citations
`
`145 AD3d
`
`[2d Dept
`
`2016]).
`
`"Where
`
`this
`
`standard
`
`is.met,
`
`New York,
`or undctlying
`merit
`omitted)"
`citation
`
`926, 928-29
`
`of
`
`Rocha
`
`amendment
`the proposed
`v GRT Const,
`
`ofNewYork,
`
`is to be exenined
`
`no further
`
`the sufficiency
`(quotations
`and
`
`145 AD3d
`
`at 929).
`
`In fact,
`
`leave
`
`should
`
`be
`
`granted
`
`under
`
`these circumstances
`
`even where
`
`a note of
`
`issue has been filed
`
`(GJeka
`
`v Iron Horse
`
`. Transp.,
`
`Inc.,
`
`the aisle
`
`behind
`
`151 AD3d
`
`463, 464 [1st Dept, 2017]).
`the trcadm.ill
`was unsafe
`due to the treadmill's
`
`The plaintiff
`
`has continuously
`in relation
`position
`
`alleged
`
`that
`
`to the metal
`
`electrical
`
`box
`
`in combipation
`
`with
`
`the colunm
`
`behind
`
`it. The facts
`
`and theories
`
`proposed
`
`amendments
`
`add
`
`ñ0thing
`
`new (Rocho
`
`v GRT Const.
`
`York
`
`plaintiff's
`
`in seeking
`
`leave
`
`to amend
`
`is: m!ñi:ñal
`
`at most
`
`provided
`
`with
`
`the necessary
`
`which
`documents
`der-d=†•'
`
`to produce
`
`underlying
`
`the
`
`The
`
`explained.
`
`after
`
`delay
`She was only
`for
`relief which
`
`moving
`
`was necessitated
`
`by the
`
`evidence
`
`sooner,
`
`ine!uding
`
`the treadmill's
`
`epersting
`
`manual.
`
`her expert
`
`report
`
`before
`
`this motion
`
`is excusable
`
`for similar
`
`of New
`, supra),
`and has been readily
`she had sought
`in discovery
`the deementary
`failure
`to exchange
`
`The plaintiff's
`
`failure
`
`reasons.
`
`not
`
`barred
`
`from considering
`
`it as "the
`
`record
`
`does not
`
`support
`
`delay
`
`in ,,.
`
`serving
`
`[her]
`
`expert
`
`inf0rmaticñ
`
`was
`
`intentional
`
`In any event,
`that
`a conclusics
`or willful"
`
`(Burbige
`
`this
`
`court
`
`is
`
`the plaintiffs
`
`v Siben &
`
`Ferber,
`
`I15 AD3d
`
`632,
`
`633
`
`[2d Dept
`
`2014]).
`
`Accardiñgly,
`
`the plaintiff
`
`is granted
`
`leave
`
`to
`
`amend
`
`the Bill
`
`of Particulars.
`
`The
`
`facts
`
`portinent
`
`to the determiñ
`
`iêñ
`
`of
`
`the motions
`
`for
`
`summary
`
`judgment
`
`are as follows:
`
`The plaintiff
`
`was a member
`
`of
`
`the defendant
`
`XSports
`
`health
`
`club.
`
`She testified
`
`at
`
`her deposition
`
`that she went
`
`to the chib
`
`frequently
`
`and on the day of
`
`the accident
`
`was there with
`
`her boyfriend.
`
`After
`
`spending
`
`a few mingtcs
`
`stretching,
`
`to each other.
`
`They
`
`found
`
`two open
`
`adsills
`
`next
`
`they went
`to each other but one was directly
`
`to locate
`
`two treadmills
`
`next
`
`in front
`
`of
`
`a structural
`
`column
`
`leaving
`
`the aisle
`
`b hind
`
`one
`
`f
`
`them narrower
`
`than
`
`the aisle otherwise
`
`was.
`
`The plaintiff
`
`testified
`
`that because
`
`of
`
`the narrow aisle,.she
`
`crossed
`
`over her bayfricad's
`
`treadmill
`
`that was adjacent
`
`to her's
`
`to get on her
`
`trtadmill
`
`and did not observe
`
`the metal
`
`box
`
`behind
`
`her
`
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`treadmill
`
`when
`
`she got on it.
`
`After
`
`using
`
`the freadmill
`
`for about
`
`twenty
`
`minutes,
`
`she shut her
`
`treadmill
`
`off and turned
`
`around
`
`and waited
`
`for her boyfriend
`
`to get off
`
`of his.
`
`She waited
`
`for
`
`him to get off
`
`of his
`
`treadmill
`
`before
`
`getting
`
`0.ff of her's
`
`because
`
`the
`
`aisle
`
`behind
`
`her's was
`
`narrow
`
`and she did not want
`
`into
`
`him After
`
`=atching
`
`her
`
`boyfriend
`
`get off
`
`of his
`
`onto
`
`the metal
`
`ran from
`
`Paadmil!,
`
`she stepped
`
`to bump
`off of her's
`and in so doing,
`
`stepped
`
`box which
`
`the base of
`
`the treadmill
`
`to the column
`
`behind
`
`it. While
`
`support
`
`of her motion,
`
`that
`
`she was
`
`right
`
`she has now attested,
`of her"
`as she stepped
`in front
`
`in her affidavit
`
`in
`
`off
`
`the
`
`at her depositioñ
`
`'zeeh!!!,she
`
`testified
`
`exited
`
`the treadmill.
`
`testified
`
`and has attested
`
`to her
`
`left
`
`at her boyfriend
`
`as she
`
`her
`
`to fall
`
`and injure
`
`it.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`the metal
`
`box. That
`
`box was being
`
`"looking
`that she was looking
`her ankle
`rolled
`
`causing
`
`then that sl e noticed
`
`In any event,
`it was only
`that
`useÖ to power
`wires
`a-aasad
`
`used to conceal
`
`the
`
`the electrica)
`
`treadmill
`
`the treadmill
`
`and it
`
`ran the entire
`
`length
`
`of
`
`the
`
`column.
`
`The
`
`pWntiff
`
`also
`
`testified
`
`at her
`
`to ithe
`
`aisle
`
`behind
`
`and
`
`deposition
`
`and has attested
`
`in this motion
`
`that she lost her balance
`
`because
`
`box was uneven.
`
`In fact,
`
`she attests
`
`that
`
`the box was a dark metal
`
`color
`
`the top of
`and the carpet was as
`
`the metal
`
`well,
`
`so the box was not
`
`readily
`
`observable.
`
`It
`
`is not
`
`disputed
`
`that
`
`therePwere.no
`
`warning
`
`signs
`
`anywhere
`
`plaintiff
`
`of
`
`this danger
`
`The health
`
`stepped
`
`in the club warning
`& had accidcñtally
`the treadmill
`off
`was "coming
`her ankle"
`and that she was "having
`for Xsport
`==ice Manager
`
`in the vicinity
`club's
`sccidsñi
`
`of
`
`the treadmill
`
`or
`
`report
`
`notes
`
`that
`
`the
`
`the treadmills
`
`and twisted/rolled
`
`Hiram
`
`a Regional
`
`Maint
`
`at
`
`the health
`
`club iri 2006 before
`
`and that
`it opened
`A corporate
`
`been in thei same location.
`
`officer
`
`decided where
`
`when
`
`become
`
`worn
`
`power
`on a black
`source
`a hard time walking."
`testified
`at his deposition
`club has 55-
`
`for
`
`the health
`
`Cintron,
`that he began working
`60 treadmills
`and they have always
`they were
`them before
`delivered.
`the plaintiff
`was using Ut
`45 t model.
`and is
`by Life Fitness
`with
`it when
`
`to put
`
`treadmill
`
`that
`
`mamfactmed
`
`were
`
`provided
`
`Thpy
`
`are ¶cplaced
`
`they
`
`out. The
`
`the Sime of her accident
`
`was acquired
`
`In 2012.
`
`It was
`
`Cintron
`
`testified
`
`that
`
`two sets of
`
`instructicus
`
`it was
`
`delivered,
`
`he kept
`
`one and
`
`discarded
`
`the other
`
`but more
`
`importantly,
`
`he admitted
`
`that he nev_er
`
`redd ihe instructions.
`
`He testified
`
`though
`
`that he didn't
`
`need to read them as he doesn't
`
`decide where
`
`treadmiÎls
`
`are placed.
`
`The treadmill's
`
`instructions
`
`provide
`
`"WARNING:
`
`the area six feet
`
`Keep
`of any obstructions,
`
`(two meters)
`fumiture
`
`walls,
`
`by
`
`including
`
`three
`
`feet
`
`(one meter)
`
`behind
`
`the treadmill
`
`clear
`
`.
`
`.
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`behind
`
`the treadmill
`
`of eight
`
`inches
`
`or 21
`
`It
`
`repeats
`
`the;;=-;,!;.©
`
`to "make
`
`sure
`
`that
`
`there
`
`is a 6-foot
`
`clearance
`
`pow'er
`
`caid r6jiting.
`
`And,
`
`later,
`
`it cautions
`
`to allow a distance
`
`in descli~irlg
`."'
`
`t!
`
`rs between
`
`the 6 ad»!!1
`
`and other
`
`units
`
`on both sides and to allow
`
`a distance
`
`of six feet or
`
`two meters
`
`from the rear of
`
`the treadmill
`
`"An
`
`out-of-assess!On
`
`landlord
`
`is not
`
`liable
`
`for
`
`injuries
`
`to any object or surface.
`on its premises
`that occur
`
`unless
`
`landlord
`
`control
`
`the
`
`has retained
`
`assumed
`
`by
`
`contract
`
`LLC,
`
`Soutbport,
`="-:;=—
`-;"==-.—.,Simon,
`De —=-=-
`
`Xsport,
`
`169 AD3d
`
`leased.
`
`the evidence
`
`in the
`
`solely
`
`-=.8rely
`light most
`
`over
`a 'duty
`the 'premises
`Df conduct,(~
`or a course
`t«!Ons
`and
`citations
`637, 639 [2d Dept 2019Ij).: The defendants'
`- —,l;.g--les which
`the subject
`to Bk
`
`property
`on a cepy of
`to the plaintiff,
`favorable
`
`the sub-lease
`
`which
`
`by
`
`simply:
`
`subleased
`
`the property
`has been submitted.
`'"-'"'.-„-
`
`of
`
`and
`
`has
`
`1—.ip-sed by
`omitted)"
`
`statute
`
`or
`
`(Crosby
`
`v
`
`have
`
`established
`
`that
`
`the
`
`Viewing
`a copy
`sssum~A the
`
`to
`
`the
`
`had
`
`sublease,
`
`the defendants
`
`have
`
`failed
`
`to =-=-'.='=-!l=-l.,prima
`
`facie,
`
`that
`
`exclusive
`
`obligation
`
`to lnalnta
`
`n ole p ~»!se',
`
`and that
`
`no duty to .;:-:-'-;—.I;.
`the premises
`Defendants'
`Dept
`2016]},
`
`(lturilno
`
`the sublessee[s]
`as the lessor
`
`the defendant,
`
`simon,
`
`I J.C, 135 AD3d
`the c".."!!
`
`907, 908 [2d
`
`t against
`
`the
`
`motion
`for
`summary
`based on its status as an 'outwf-
`
`v Brtsbane
`S Selau4t,
`'
`"-; —;;===.d!»l«»o
`=":—::-:-!.:- landlord
`
`is denied,
`
`de-i."~i:,
`
`Simon,
`
`a premises
`
`case,.a
`
`defendant
`
`ical property
`
`who moves
`
`for
`
`judgment
`
`owner,
`
`or a party
`can es<~H!sh
`
`in p-~osslon
`
`its prima
`
`facie
`
`liability
`of
`real property
`to „: "g;..=;,!
`
`"[1]n
`
`or
`
`control
`
`ent!!!
`
`. "nt
`
`~~i-crc
`omitted)"
`
`surtlmary
`law by. showing
`the allegedly
`as a matter
`of
`-="-==="-'-'-'-:—.=nor. had actual:or
`its cx!stance
`notice
`constructive
`of
`("!tat!Dns
`2Q19 WL 1926040
`
`that
`
`it neither
`
`created
`
`s or defective
`
`(Chang
`
`v Nartnon
`
`Enterprises,
`
`Inc.,
`
`AD3d
`
`[2d Dept 2Q19]).
`
`Succinctly
`
`put,
`
`the negligence
`
`alleged'here
`
`ls the po~!t!o~!ng
`
`of
`
`the treadmill
`
`in juxtaposition
`
`with
`
`the uneven metal
`
`electrical
`
`box and the column.
`
`Not
`
`only
`
`have
`
`the defendants
`
`failed
`
`to
`
`establish
`
`that
`
`not
`
`about
`
`the alleged
`
`dangerous
`
`dismissal
`
`of
`
`they did
`the 0"
`
`create,
`
`let alone
`
`know
`
`condition,
`
`Thus
`
`"Ll~t
`
`based
`
`upon
`
`the grourid
`
`that
`
`the M~.-nd~.~
`
`lacked
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`the
`
`dangerous
`
`condition
`
`and did not create.
`
`it
`
`is denied.
`
`In a premises
`
`case, a party
`accident
`the cause of a plaintiff's.
`
`liability
`
`ground
`
`that
`
`seeking
`
`dismissal
`
`of a personal
`
`injury
`
`claim on the
`
`was open and obvious
`
`must
`
`establish
`
`that
`
`not only
`/'ttj was not
`at 640,
`
`inherently
`
`citing
`
`Cupo
`
`v,
`
`a condition
`
`was both
`
`dangerous
`
`(emphasis
`
`and o~vlM~
`open
`added}"
`
`(Crosby
`
`but
`
`thai
`
`"us u matter
`
`of
`
`law,
`
`v Sou!t.~~rt,
`
`LI.C,
`
`169 AD3d
`
`5,.
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`Karfunke/,
`
`1 AD3d
`
`48, 52 [2d Dept
`
`2003]).
`
`A
`
`demenstration
`
`that a c0ñditicñ
`
`was open
`
`and
`
`obvious,
`
`standing
`
`alone,
`
`does
`
`not
`
`entitle
`
`a defendant
`
`an issue of
`
`fact as to the plaintiffs
`
`comparative
`
`present[s]
`
`53),
`
`to
`summary
`fault"
`
`(Cupo
`
`judgment;
`
`"instead
`
`[it]
`
`v Karfunkel,
`
`1 AD3d
`
`at
`
`c=dit½n
`
`the
`
`appent
`
`to a person making
`where
`the ccaditisa
`
`rewscññb!s
`
`use of
`
`is obscured
`
`or
`
`the
`
`Furthermore,
`"[a]
`his or her senses may be rendered
`plaintiff
`is distracted
`(quotations
`
`is ordinarily
`a trap for
`the unwary
`omitted)"
`and citations
`
`Blind,
`
`135 AD3d
`
`837, 838 [2d Dept 2016]).
`
`(Mullen
`
`v Helen
`
`Keller
`
`Services
`
`for
`
`Here
`
`the
`
`defendants
`
`have
`
`failed
`
`to establish
`
`that
`
`the subject
`
`condition
`
`was
`
`open
`
`and
`
`obvious
`
`and not
`
`inherently
`Dept 2018]; Grosse
`v Olsen,
`
`dangerous
`
`(Dillon
`
`v Town
`
`164 AD3d
`
`763,
`
`Ï65
`
`School Dist.,
`
`77 AD3d
`
`878, 879 [2d Dept
`
`0 0]. As such,
`
`of Smithtown,
`[2Âl Dept 2018];
`Carson.v
`the defendants'
`
`165 AD3d
`
`1231,
`
`1232 [2d
`
`Baldwin
`
`Union
`
`Free
`
`motion
`
`to di•=i=
`
`the
`
`c0mp!sist
`
`against
`
`them on the ground
`
`the subject
`
`condition
`
`was open
`
`and obvious
`
`and not
`
`inherently
`
`dangerous
`
`is denied.
`
`.
`
`The doctrine
`
`of assumption
`
`of
`
`the risk
`
`"pmvides
`
`or
`
`recrastione!
`
`activity
`
`consents
`
`to those
`
`cõnunonly
`
`that a valüñtary
`risks which
`appreciated
`
`patticipant
`
`in a sporting
`
`are i=.he••nt
`
`in and
`
`the nature
`arise out of
`omitted)"
`
`citations
`
`(Herman
`
`of
`
`the sport
`
`generally
`v Lifeple¼,
`
`LLC,
`
`and·flow
`
`from such participation
`
`( qüütâ‡ieris
`
`and
`
`106 AD3d
`
`1050,
`
`1051
`
`[2d Dept
`
`2013]).
`
`"The
`
`doctrine
`increased"
`
`does not serve
`
`as a bar
`
`(Herman
`
`v Lifeplex,
`
`if
`
`to liability
`106 ADnd
`
`LLC,
`
`Dist.,
`
`95 AD3d
`
`1206,
`
`1207
`
`[2d Dept
`
`2012];
`
`the.risk
`
`is uñasu-ed,
`105D atl 051, citing
`v Bayis Ne'Emon
`Ro:mp;m
`
`conccalcd,
`
`or unreasonably
`Cent. School
`Viola v Carmel
`
`Inc.,
`
`32 AD3d
`
`534,
`
`to bar
`
`the p!aintHPs
`
`and the
`
`2006]).
`535 [2d Dept
`the defendants'
`
`branch
`
`of
`
`of
`
`the risk is denied.
`
`motion
`
`here
`
`claim,
`
`based upon
`
`the da-st&s
`
`of assumption
`
`judgment
`
`That
`
`doctrine
`
`does
`
`not apply
`for summary
`.
`
`Turning
`
`to
`
`the
`
`plaintifPs
`
`tnotion
`
`f
`
`r
`
`summary
`
`judgment
`
`imposing
`
`liability
`
`on
`
`the
`
`defendants,
`
`(hereineRer
`
`she has submitted,
`
`inter
`
`alia,
`
`an affidavit
`
`of electrical
`
`engineer
`
`Les Winter,
`
`P.E.
`
`as "Winter")
`
`, who
`
`inspeùted
`
`the health
`
`club
`
`and the subject
`
`treadmill
`
`on October
`
`16, 2017. Winter's
`
`notes
`
`reflect
`
`that he observed
`
`that
`
`the treadmill:
`
`column"
`
`of a building
`in front
`18 inches
`its rear appro
`installed
`with
`"was
`imately
`is a
`parallel
`the floor,
`its right
`"[a)t
`and that
`to it and along
`side,.running
`to 2 3/8"
`I-1½"
`ranged
`from
`of
`The height
`metallic
`the wireway
`electrical
`rac6way.
`5 ½" wides
`the conductors
`from
`carried
`That wireway
`and it was
`approximately
`of
`and to the front
`the aisle.behind
`the treedmill,
`across
`within
`the column
`enclosure,
`
`6
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`Winter
`
`has
`
`attested
`
`iñs¤d.:
`
`of
`
`the subject
`
`to
`
`a reasonable
`as followsMVinter
`treadmill
`
`degree
`
`of
`
`engineering
`
`opines
`
`that
`
`certainty
`the defandaa*•
`
`to
`
`the
`
`faulty
`
`violated
`
`treadmill's
`
`Base Operation
`
`Manual
`
`uneven metallic
`
`behind
`
`and adjacent
`
`electrical
`raceway
`to a...treadmill"
`
`a tripping
`by "created
`aeross
`the entire width
`
`hazard
`
`by
`
`installing
`
`a vertical,
`
`of
`
`the narrow
`
`aisle
`
`t e n
`
`-¹!±n
`
`of
`
`the treadmill
`
`the
`
`and
`
`a
`
`and that
`
`and immediately
`which
`created
`
`tripping
`
`hazard
`
`was
`
`the
`
`proximate
`
`cause
`
`of
`
`the
`
`plaintiff's
`
`fall.
`
`He
`
`further
`
`opines
`
`that
`
`the
`
`treadmill's
`
`installation
`
`violated
`
`the matiufacture.'s
`
`safety
`
`instruction
`
`manual
`
`in that defendants
`
`failed
`
`walls
`
`to keep the six
`equipment.
`and other
`
`foot
`
`by three foot area behind
`eadmill
`the
`He notes that
`
`feet and that
`
`the wireway
`
`intruded
`
`on the treadmill's
`
`the treadmill
`
`free of obstructions
`
`iñê1ud!ñp,
`
`was only
`width.
`
`18 inches
`
`from the cc-!ümn
`
`not 6
`
`He opines
`
`that
`
`"[b]ecause
`
`the
`
`treadmill
`
`was
`
`close
`
`to the wall
`
`the wireway,
`
`6:7-=hg
`floor;"
`
`patrons
`
`were
`
`and,
`
`that
`
`"[t]his
`
`likely
`
`to
`
`unintentionally
`
`step
`
`conditics
`
`instead
`fall."
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Winter
`
`further
`
`that
`
`unreasonably
`
`dangerous
`
`and was overlapping
`the wireway
`onto
`the plaintiff's
`caused
`
`attested
`
`treadmill
`
`manufacturePs
`
`safety
`
`instructions
`
`were
`
`also
`
`violated
`
`because
`
`the aisle
`
`behind
`
`the
`
`the
`
`in that,it
`
`did not
`
`leave
`
`an open unobstructed
`
`space six feet behind
`
`treadmill
`
`was unsafely
`the treadmill
`and three feet wide
`
`narrow
`
`it.
`
`He has attested
`
`that
`
`the. obstructicñ
`
`behind
`
`the treadmill
`
`created
`
`a hazard
`
`and there was an obstractica
`
`affixed
`
`to the floor
`
`direct:ÿ
`for members
`
`behind
`
`using
`
`the treadmill.
`
`Winter
`
`further
`
`attests
`
`well
`
`accepted
`
`engineering
`
`practices,.codes
`
`that as installed,
`
`the v ireway
`and staridards.
`
`are never
`
`run on the floor
`
`surface
`
`across
`
`aisles
`
`because
`
`to do so creates
`
`would
`
`not have approved
`
`this
`
`iñst:"stion
`
`Winter
`
`failed
`
`to comply
`that
`He opines
`
`"[e]lectrical
`
`with
`
`a number
`
`of
`
`wireways
`hazard."
`
`He
`
`hazard.
`
`has also
`
`attested
`
`in detail
`
`a tripping
`there due to the tripping
`the treedmil!
`was not
`even if
`as to how to the defendants'
`inste!!ation
`the
`of
`"NFPA
`Electric
`Code (or
`
`the National
`
`70")
`
`insofar
`
`as it
`
`insectic-ra
`
`He explains
`
`that
`
`because
`
`the treadmill
`
`is
`
`treadmill
`
`violated
`
`Section
`
`110-3
`
`(b) of
`the manufacturer!s
`
`per
`
`was not
`installed
`UL Listed,
`instiüctions
`
`Section
`
`I10-3
`
`(b) of
`
`the Code
`
`requires
`
`that
`
`it be inste!!ed
`
`in accordance
`
`with
`
`accompanying.
`
`He
`
`opines
`
`that
`
`haÈ that Code
`
`pievisica
`
`not
`
`been
`
`vic:âted,
`
`the
`
`the
`
`plaintiff's
`
`accident
`
`would
`
`not
`
`have
`
`occurred,
`
`In
`
`addition,
`
`he
`
`opines
`
`that
`
`the
`
`treadmill's
`
`installation
`
`was
`
`in violation