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Linden Towers Coop. #4 v. City of N.Y

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 30, 2000
272 A.D.2d 587 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

May 30, 2000

In an action to recover damages for injury to property, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Weiss, J.), dated February 5, 1999, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Before: Joy, J. P., Goldstein, H. Miller and Schmidt, JJ.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendant established, prima facie, its entitlement to summary judgment. In response, the plaintiff failed to raise an issue of fact that the flooding that damaged its property was the result of the defendant's negligence. Evidence of flooding caused by the backflow of a sewer system, standing alone, is insufficient to maintain an action against a municipality to recover damages for injury to property ( see, Smith v. Mayor of City of N.Y., 66 N.Y. 295, 296-297; Biernacki v. Village of Ravena, 245 A.D.2d 656, 657).


Summaries of

Linden Towers Coop. #4 v. City of N.Y

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 30, 2000
272 A.D.2d 587 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Linden Towers Coop. #4 v. City of N.Y

Case Details

Full title:LINDEN TOWERS COOPERATIVE #4, INC., APPELLANT, v. CITY OF NEW YORK…

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

Date published: May 30, 2000

Citations

272 A.D.2d 587 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
709 N.Y.S.2d 825

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