Criss v. City of Ithaca

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Relihan, Jr., J.), entered May 3, 1996 in Tompkins County, which, inter alia, denied defendant City of Ithaca’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Plaintiff Martha R. Criss (hereinafter plaintiff) was injured on North Cayuga Street in the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County, when she allegedly tripped on a raised grating owned and maintained by defendant New York State Electric and Gas Corporation which protruded from the sidewalk owned and maintained by defendant City of Ithaca. Thereafter, plaintiff and her husband commenced this…