Filed Date: 6/22/2010
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 11/1/2024
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff Gulshen Kurtishi claims that she was injured in a fall after allegedly receiving an electric shock when power lines were downed after a tree branch between two utility poles fell upon the wires. The plaintiff and her husband, suing derivatively, commenced this action against, among others, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (hereinafter Hudson), which owned and operated the subject utility poles, and Asplundh Tree Expert Co. (hereinafter Asplundh), the company hired by Hudson to trim trees around the power lines in that location. The Supreme Court granted the motion by Hudson and Asplundh for summary judgment. We affirm.
Hudson established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting proof that at the time the incident allegedly occurred, the plaintiff was located at such a distance from where the wires were downed that any electric conductivity which may have remained in such wires would not have affected her. In opposition, the plaintiffs speculation as to how she may have been shocked was insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact (see generally Mejia v Era Realty Co., 69 AD3d 816 [2010]; Hunt v Meyers, 63 AD3d 685 [2009]; Martinez v Melendez, 32 AD3d 999 [2006]).
Additionally, Asplundh established its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that its tree trimming operations in the subject location were not negligently performed (see generally Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320 [1986]). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact.
The plaintiffs remaining contentions either are without merit or do not warrant a different result. Skelos, J.P., Santucci, Leventhal and Hall, JJ., concur.