Kohn v. City of New York

Plaintiffs were passengers in a taxi that collided with another taxi at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and East 23rd Street in Manhattan, at a time when the traffic signals were not functioning at that spot. Pursuant to a contract with the City, Petrocelli was required to respond within two hours of receipt of notice of an outage. The accident occurred before the time Petrocelli was required to arrive.

A municipality has a duty to maintain its streets in a reasonably safe condition. In order to prevail, plaintiff must show that the City permitted a dangerous or potentially hazardous…