Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs and motion granted.
Memorandum:
Supreme Court erred in denying plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability. "`To carry the burden of proving a prima facie case, the plaintiff must generally show that the defendant's negligence was a substantial cause of the events which produced the injury'" (Howard v Poseidon Pools,
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