Legal Opinion
Squires v. County of Orleans
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 8, 2001PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the complaint. A property owner may not be held liable for damages caused by trivial defects on a walkway that do not constitute a trap or nuisance that could cause a pedestrian to stumble, stub his or her toes, or trip (see, Marinaccio v LeChambord Rest., 246 AD2d 514, 515; see also, Ress v Incorporated Vil. of Hempstead, 276 AD2d 681, 682; Neumann v Senior Citizens Ctr., 273 AD2d 452, 453). Debra A.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Guerrieri v. SummaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Riser v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Marinaccio v. LeChambord RestaurantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Neumann v. Senior Citizens Center, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Ress v. Incorporated Village of HempsteadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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