CARAN v. HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION


299 A.D.2d 252 (2002)

750 N.Y.S.2d 60

EVANGELIA CARAN, Appellant, v. HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided November 21, 2002.


Plaintiff's assertion that the slippery condition of the floor was created by excessive or improper waxing is based on nothing more than her observation that the floor was "shiny." Since neither smoothness nor slipperiness, without more, permits an inference of negligent waxing or polishing, the action was properly dismissed (see Murphy v Conner, 84 N.Y.2d 969, 971-972; Aguilar v Transworld Maintenance Servs.,

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