Meehan v. County of Nassau

In an action to recover damages for *322personal injuries, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Murphy, J.), dated April 23, 1996, which, upon separate verdicts as to liability and damages, is in favor of the plaintiff and against it in the sum of $91,582.09.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff was injured when he stumbled and fell due to a depression in a sidewalk on Merrick Road in Valley Stream. The area at which the plaintiff fell had previously contained a tree that had been planted…