Rodriguez v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Doris Ling-Cohan, J.), entered March 22, 2004, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained when plaintiff tripped on the sidewalk outside of defendant-appellant’s hotel, denied defendant-appellant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Although defendant City of New York would generally be liable for accidents caused by sidewalk defects (see Weiskopf v City of New York, 5 AD3d 202, 203 [2004]) that occurred prior to September 14, 2003 (Administrative Code of City of NY § 7-210),…