Legal Opinion
Verizon New York, Inc. v. Village of Athens
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 2, 2007PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Doyle, J.), entered September 21, 2006 in Greene County, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
In November 2003, employees of defendant’s Public Works Department responded to a report received during the evening of “water boiling out of the ground,” and they discovered a break in the water main. They started digging to reach the pipe for repairs, but struck and damaged an underground cable owned by plaintiff in the process. After the cable was damaged, defendant notified plaintiff, which had a representative on…
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