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Perrington v. City of Mount Vernon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 13, 2007
37 A.D.3d 571 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 2005-10670.

February 13, 2007.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, West-Chester County (Lefkowitz, J.), entered October 3, 2005, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Helen M. Blackwood, Mount Vernon, N.Y. (Nichelle A. Johnson of counsel), for appellant.

Michael T. Ridge, Bronx, N.Y. (Elizabeth Anne Bannon of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Rivera, J.P., Santucci, Skelos and McCarthy, JJ.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

A municipality that has enacted a prior written notice law is excused from liability absent proof of prior written notice or an exception thereto ( see Poirier v City of Schenectady, 85 NY2d 310). The Court of Appeals has recognized two exceptions to this rule, "namely, where the locality created the defect or hazard through an affirmative act of negligence" and "where a `special use' confers a special benefit upon the locality" ( Amabile v City of Buffalo, 93 NY2d 471, 474; see Lopez v GJ Rudolph Inc., 20 AD3d 511, 512; Filaski-Fitzgerald v Town of Huntington, 18 AD3d 603, 604; Gold v County of Westchester, 15 AD3d 439, 440). Here, in opposition to the defendant's prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, the plaintiff raised a triable issue of fact as to whether there was a defect and, if so, whether the defendant affirmatively created the defect by either failing to place blacktop around the subject metal plate or negligently securing such metal plate with blacktop ( see Padula v City of Long Beach, 20 AD3d 555, 556; Maggio v City of New York, 305 AD2d 554, 555; Kupfer v Village of Briarcliff Manor, 288 AD2d 269, 270; Mayer v Town of Brookhaven, 266 AD2d 360, 361). Moreover, a triable issue of fact exists as to whether the condition was open and obvious at the time of the accident ( cf. Dominitz v Food Emporium, 271 AD2d 640).


Summaries of

Perrington v. City of Mount Vernon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 13, 2007
37 A.D.3d 571 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

Perrington v. City of Mount Vernon

Case Details

Full title:DELORES PERRINGTON, Respondent, v. CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Feb 13, 2007

Citations

37 A.D.3d 571 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 1276
829 N.Y.S.2d 667

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