Cruz v Bronx Lebanon Hosp. Ctr.
2016 NY Slip Op 02125 [27 NY3d 925]
March 24, 2016
Court of Appeals
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, May 4, 2016


[*1]
Nancy Cruz, Respondent,
v
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Appellant.

Decided March 24, 2016

Cruz v Bronx Lebanon Hosp. Ctr., 129 AD3d 631, affirmed.

APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL

Mauro Lilling Naparty LLP, Woodbury (Caryn L. Lilling of counsel), for appellant.

Burns & Harris, New York City (Blake G. Goldfarb and Judith F. Stempler of counsel), for respondent.

{**27 NY3d at 926} OPINION OF THE COURT

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order affirmed, with costs. The Appellate Division correctly determined that legally sufficient evidence supported the jury's finding that defendant had constructive notice of the alleged defect.

Concur: Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Pigott, Rivera, Stein, Fahey and Garcia. Taking no part: Judge Abdus-Salaam.