Covington v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Larry S. Schachner, J.), entered November 13, 2012, which granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendants each demonstrated entitlement to judgment as a matter of law in this action where plaintiff allegedly tripped and fell on a sidewalk defect. Defendant City submitted evidence showing that it had no written notice of the alleged defect (see Administrative Code of City of NY § 7-201 [c]; Castro v City of New York, 101 AD3d 573 [1st Dept 2012]), and defendant hospital demonstrated…