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Heyer v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 10, 1991
176 A.D.2d 550 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)

Opinion

October 10, 1991

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Herbert Shapiro, J.).


Plaintiff, a firefighter, was allegedly injured when he fell in a pothole in the roadway in front of 216 Bronx Terminal Market Building, in the course of responding to a fire in those premises. Plaintiff's third cause of action, alleging violation of General Municipal Law § 205-a, was dismissed on defendants' motion, for failure to state a cause of action.

To the extent that plaintiff contends that various code violations caused the building fire, which, in turn, caused him to be present in the location of the defective street, he fails to state a cause of action under General Municipal Law § 205-a, as there was no reasonable connection between the violations alleged and plaintiff's injury. (McGee v. Adams Paper Twine Co., 26 A.D.2d 186, affd 20 N.Y.2d 921.) The alleged violations relating to paving or maintenance of the roadway are similarly too remote to sustain a cause of action under the statute, since the scope of section 205-a is limited to property owners and the maintenance of premises in a safe condition for responding firefighters (Kenavan v. City of New York, 70 N.Y.2d 558, 566).

Concur — Carro, J.P., Wallach, Kupferman, Asch and Kassal, JJ.


Summaries of

Heyer v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 10, 1991
176 A.D.2d 550 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
Case details for

Heyer v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:GLENN W. HEYER et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al.…

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

Date published: Oct 10, 1991

Citations

176 A.D.2d 550 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
574 N.Y.S.2d 730

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