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VALERIE GUNTUR, plf-ap, v. JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION, def-res

9256. VALERIE GUNTUR, plf-ap, v. JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION, def-res — Michael P. Lagnado, New York, for ap — Alimonti Law Offices, White Plains (Lydia S. Antoncic of counsel), for res — Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered October 7, 2011, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

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9256. VALERIE GUNTUR, plf-ap, v. JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION, def-res — Michael P. Lagnado, New York, for ap — Alimonti Law Offices, White Plains (Lydia S. Antoncic of counsel), for res — Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered October 7, 2011, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendant airline established its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law in this action where plaintiff alleges that she was injured when she slipped and fell on “wet icy dirt” while boarding defendant’s aircraft, after her flight had been delayed due to inclement weather. Defendant submitted, inter alia, climatological records showing that plaintiff’s accident occurred during an ongoing storm, during which its duty to remedy a dangerous condition caused by the storm was suspended (see Pippo v. City of New York, 43 AD3d 303, 304 [1st Dept 2007]; Blackwood v. New York City Tr. Auth., 36 AD3d 522 [1st Dept 2007]). Defendant had no obligation to provide a constant remedy for tracked-in or leaking water during the storm, and showed that it took reasonable precautions to address wet conditions by laying a carpet runner along the jetbridge and placing a canopy over the aircraft door (see Pomahac v. TrizecHahn 1065 Ave. of Ams., LLC, 65 AD3d 462, 464-466 [1st Dept 2009]; Solazzo v. New York City Tr. Auth., 21 AD3d 735 [2005], affd 6 NY3d 734 [2005]).

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