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Thomas v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 15, 2005
16 A.D.3d 203 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)

Opinion

5628.

March 15, 2005.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marilyn Shafer, J.), entered June 23, 2003, which, in an action for personal injuries allegedly caused by a sidewalk defect, denied plaintiff's motion to set aside the jury's verdict finding that defendant City's negligence in maintaining the sidewalk was not a substantial factor in causing plaintiff's injury, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Before: Buckley, P.J., Andrias, Friedman, Gonzalez and Sweeny, JJ.


A water-filled depression of the size depicted in the photographs, and the existence of a safe alternative route around the depression along the curb, fairly support a finding that plaintiff's attempt at a one-legged vault over the depression was so unsafe and unreasonable as to constitute the sole cause of her accident ( cf. Schermerhorn v. Warfield, 213 AD2d 877). Although plaintiff testified that a pile of garbage on one side of the depression and traffic in the street on the other side left her with no choice but to attempt to jump or stride over the depression, the jury apparently was not persuaded, and the evidence of a dangerous flow of traffic near the curb did not so preponderate in plaintiff's favor that a finding of a safe alternative route could not have been reached under any fair interpretation of the evidence ( see Lolik v. Big V Supermarkets, 86 NY2d 744, 746; Nicastro v. Park, 113 AD2d 129, 134). We have considered plaintiff's other arguments and find them unavailing.


Summaries of

Thomas v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 15, 2005
16 A.D.3d 203 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
Case details for

Thomas v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:CELESTE THOMAS, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent

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

Date published: Mar 15, 2005

Citations

16 A.D.3d 203 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
790 N.Y.S.2d 663

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