| Knox v United Christian Church of God, Inc. |
| 2009 NY Slip Op 06406 [65 AD3d 1017] |
| September 8, 2009 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Damon Knox, Appellant, v United Christian Church ofGod, Inc., Respondent. |
—[*1] Raskin & Kremins, New York, N.Y. (Scott S. Eckert of counsel), for respondent.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order ofthe Supreme Court, Kings County (Hurkin-Torres, J.), dated July 2, 2008, which granted thedefendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendant established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law (seeAlvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324 [1986]) by demonstrating that the plaintiff wasunable to identify the cause of his accident or establish that the accident occurred on thesidewalk abutting the defendant's premises (see Reiff v Beechwood Browns Rd. Bldg. Corp., 54 AD3d 1015[2008]; Kletke v GOS Corp., 51AD3d 875 [2008]; Slattery vO'Shea, 46 AD3d 669 [2007]; Golba v City of New York, 27 AD3d 524 [2006]; Koller vLeone, 299 AD2d 396 [2002]). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue offact. The plaintiff's affidavit submitted in opposition to the motion merely raised feigned factualissues designed to avoid the consequences of his deposition testimony (see Karwowski v New York City Tr.Auth., 44 AD3d 826 [2007]; Denicola v Costello, 44 AD3d 990 [2007]; Manning v 6638 18th Ave. RealtyCorp., 28 AD3d 434 [2006]; Tejada v Jonas, 17 AD3d 448 [2005]; Koller v Leone, 299AD2d 396 [2002]). Spolzino, J.P., Santucci, Florio and Lott, JJ., concur.