Figueroa v. City of Garden City

These consolidated cases both involve plaintiffs who fell and suffered injuries on allegedly defective sidewalks in the City of Garden City. Plaintiffs filed actions against the city. At the time the actions were filed, the city had enacted Garden City Ordinance 94.37, which provided:

All sidewalks within the City shall be kept and maintained in good repair by the owner of the land adjacent to or abutting upon it. If an owner shall neglect to keep and maintain the sidewalk along the front, rear, or side of the land owned by him in good repair and safe for the use of the public, the owner shall…