Legal Opinion
Valentin v. Columbia University
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 10, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*503Dismissal of the complaint was not warranted in this action where plaintiff alleges that she was injured when, while walking on defendant’s property, she stepped on a loose hexagonal paver, causing her foot to get caught in the space between pavers and her to fall to the ground. The statement from plaintiffs witness that “for many years prior to the date of the accident . . . the hexagon tiles in the specific area of [plaintiffs] fall were loose and uneven and presented a hazardous condition” created a triable issue of fact as to whether defendant had constructive notice of the loose…
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