Atehortua v. Lewin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
While landowners have a duty to maintain their property in a reasonably safe condition (see Basso v Miller, 40 NY2d 233, 241 [1976]; Mathew v A.J. Richard & Sons, 84 AD3d 1038, 1039 [2011]), a landowner has no duty to protect or warn against an open and obvious condition, which as a matter of law is not inherently dangerous (see Mathew v A.J. Richard & Sons, 84 AD3d at 1039; Katz v Westchester County Healthcare Corp., 82 AD3d 712, 713 [2011]; Tyz v First St. Holding Co., Inc., 78 AD3d 818, 819 [2010]; Weiss v Half Hollow Hills Cent. School Dist., 70 AD3d 932, 933 [2010]; Bretts v Lincoln…
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