Lack of Inspection Evidence Properly Results in Denial of Summary Judgment for Defendants in Personal Injury Slip-and-Fall Case
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A recent Second Department decision, Bergin v. Golshani, is instructive on the issue of when summary judgment is properly awarded to a defendant in a slip-and-fall case. Here is the law: A defendant landowner moving for summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case has the initial burden of establishing that it did not create the alleged…
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