In Margolin v. Friedman, 43 NY2d 982, 375 N.E.2d 734, 404 N.Y.S.2d 553 (1978), the plaintiff was injured after he lost control of his car at the defendant's car wash and posited the defendant's liability based on the premises' improper design or maintenance or the absence of a warning sign. The Court disagreed, reversing a judgment after trial, finding that the accident was proximately caused by the plaintiff's loss of control of the car, and that the defendant had "merely furnished the condition or occasion for the occurrence of the event rather than one of its causes." (43 NY2d at 983).