PATTIE LATIF, 3100Nplf-ap, v. EUGENE SMILOVIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO., INC., def-res

3099-. PATTIE LATIF, 3100Nplf-ap, v. EUGENE SMILOVIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO., INC., def-res — Spiegel & Barbato, LLP, Bronx (Stephen A. Iannacone of counsel), for ap — Burke, Conway, Loccisano & Dillon, White Plains (Marc Stiefeld of counsel), for res — Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Wilma Guzman, J., entered July 10, 2014, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied. Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered August 21, 2015, which, to the extent appealable, denied plaintiff's motion to renew, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as academic.

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3099-. PATTIE LATIF, 3100Nplf-ap, v. EUGENE SMILOVIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO., INC., def-res — Spiegel & Barbato, LLP, Bronx (Stephen A. Iannacone of counsel), for ap — Burke, Conway, Loccisano & Dillon, White Plains (Marc Stiefeld of counsel), for res — Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Wilma Guzman, J., entered July 10, 2014, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied. Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered August 21, 2015, which, to the extent appealable, denied plaintiff’s motion to renew, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as academic.

Defendant failed to establish its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, in this action where plaintiff was injured when she tripped over a crack in the sidewalk in front of defendant’s building, and fell to the ground. Defendant failed to show that it lacked constructive notice of the defect in the sidewalk, as the record shows that plaintiff testified that she saw the condition that caused her fall about a year earlier, and the photographs taken within a week of the accident depict a condition that a jury might find existed for a sufficient period of time for defendant to have discovered and corrected it (see King v. City Bay Plaza, LLC, 118 AD3d 476 [1st Dept 2014]; Denyssenko v. Plaza Realty Servs., Inc., 8 AD3d 207, 208 [1st Dept 2004]). Although plaintiff’s testimony may contain inconsistencies, credibility issues are not appropriately resolved on a summary judgment motion (see e.g. Santos v. Temco Serv. Indus., 295 AD2d 218 [1st Dept 2002]).

PATTIE LATIF, 3100Nplf-ap, v. EUGENE SMILOVIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO., INC., def-res

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