Doremus v. Incorporated Village of Lynbrook

Chief Judge Desmond.

Section 341-a of the Village Law in effect since 1927 reads as follows: “No-civil action shall be maintained against the village for damages -or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed or for damages or injuries to person or property sustained solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, street, highway, bridge or culvert unless written notice of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed…