Legal Opinion
Hutchinson v. Sheridan Hill House Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 20, 2015PublishedCited by 196 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fahey, J.
These cases teach that it is usually more difficult to define what is trivial than what is significant. The common factual and procedural thread among the three appeals before us is that an individual tripped on a defect in a sidewalk or stairway, and was injured, but was foreclosed from going to trial on the ground that the defect was characterized as too trivial to be actionable. We hold that the Appellate Division erred in dismissing the complaint in two of the three cases.
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On April 23, 2009, plaintiff Leonard Hutchinson was walking on a concrete sidewalk in…
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