SONDERVAN v. CITY OF NEW YORK

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No. 3728.

Attorney(S)

Trolman, Glaser Lichtman, P.C., New York (Michael T. Altman of counsel), and Stuart R. Lang, New York, for appellant-respondent. Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Dona B. Morris of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

Judges

Peter Tom
David B. Saxe
David Friedman
John W. Sweeny

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MAUREEN A. SONDERVAN, Appellant-Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent-Appellant, et al., Defendant.

A plaintiff is required to demonstrate prior written notice of a sidewalk defect as a condition precedent to maintaining an action against the City (Administrative Code of City of NY § 7-201 [c] [2]; see Amabile v City of Buffalo, 93 NY2d 471), notwithstanding the City's ownership of the abutting property (Administrative Code § 7-210 [d]). The City concedes that the Big Apple Pothole map on which plaintiff relies shows a sidewalk defect in the vicinity of where plaintiff fell. Disputes as to whether the location and nature of the defect are sufficiently portrayed so as to bring the condition to the municipality's attention involve factual questions appropriately resolved at trial ( see Reyes v City of New York, 63 AD3d 615, 615, lv denied 13 NY3d 710; Almadotter v City of New York, 15 AD3d 426, 427).

MAUREEN A. SONDERVAN, Appellant-Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent-Appellant, et al., Defendant.

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