Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the complaint is dismissed.
The plaintiff failed to present evidence sufficient to establish that the defendant had actual or constructive notice of the coffee spilled on the floor of its lobby, with the result that the defendant cannot be held liable for the injuries that the plaintiff incurred when he allegedly slipped and fell on it (see, e.g., Anderson v Klein's Foods,
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