Candelier v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*146OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
At about 7:30 a.m. on February 15, 1978, plaintiff, a 21-year-old student, stepped off a bus and onto an ice-covered sidewalk at the northeast corner of 145th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, and began walking south on Amsterdam Avenue. After taking about 10 steps, he slipped and fell, suffering a fracture of the left ankle. The building in front of which plaintiff fell housed a family care facility and was owned by the City of New York.
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