Stiggins v. Town of North Dansville

I respectfully dissent and would affirm the order in each appeal.

“Municipalities have a duty to maintain their roads . . . in a reasonably safe condition for ‘people who obey the rules of the road’ ” (Palloni v Town of Attica, 278 AD2d 788, 788 [4th Dept 2000], lv denied 96 NY2d 709 [2001], quoting Tomassi v Town of Union, 46 NY2d 91, 97 [1978]; see Pinter v Town of Java, 134 AD3d 1446, 1446-1447 [4th Dept 2015]). In this case, defendant adequately established that the road in question was reasonably safe (i.e., that defendant did not breach its road-maintenance duty), and plaintiffs…