Practice point: The Appellate Division reversed the Supreme Court's sua sponte dismissal of the complaint in this action against the store's owner and the store's lessee. The Appellate Division rejected lessee-defendant's argument that it owed no duty to plaintiff. As the operator of a place of public assembly, a store lessee has a duty to provide its customers with a safe means of entering and leaving the store.
Student note: On a summary judgment motion, a defendant must establish prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law before the burden shifts to the party opposing the motion to establish the existence of a material issue of fact
Case: Taveras v. 1149 Webster Realty Corp, NY Slip Op 09192 (1st Dept. 2015)
Here is the decision.
Monday's issue: CPLR 205(a) and 306-b.
