Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied and the complaint is reinstated.
The defendant, as the proponent of a motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, had the initial burden of demonstrating a prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law (see, Winegrad v New York Univ. Med. Ctr.,
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