Ford v. Citibank, N.A

In Ford v. Citibank, N.A., 11 AD3d 508 (2d Dept. 2004), summary judgment was appropriate where the bank showed that it had no actual notice of the particular water accumulation on the premises caused by a lengthy rainstorm, and there was no proof as to how long the specific condition existed so that an inference could be drawn that there was constructive knowledge, and the bank moreover showed that it had taken reasonable precautions to remedy the wet conditions, including providing two mats and mopping the lobby floor within the hour before plaintiff fell.