Hamill v. City of New York

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered June 8, 1979, entered upon a verdict awarding plaintiff the sum of $70,000, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the complaint dismissed. No competent evidence on which to predicate a finding of negligence against the city was presented and its motion for a directed verdict should have been granted. Plaintiff had the burden of showing that the city permitted an unusual and dangerous accumulation of ice and snow to remain on the sidewalk where the accident occurred. for an unreasonable period of time, and that…