On August 18, 2025, New York Associate Cassidy Brillhart obtained summary judgment in favor of a popular restaurant chain in a premises liability action pending in the Supreme Court, Ulster County. The plaintiff chose to walk down a grassy, wet hill in the front parking lot, despite both a small staircase and an ADA-compliant rampway being available and unobstructed. The Court held that the fact that the hill was slippery in rainy weather, without more, did not establish the existence of a dangerous condition, especially where the plaintiff testified that he knew that wet grass could be hazardous.