Cooper v. Sharon Springs Central School District

Cross appeals from an order of the Supreme Court (Lamont, J.), entered September 18, 2003 in Schoharie County, which, inter alia, partially granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

A limestone cavern near Route 20 in the Village of Sharon Springs, Schoharie County, acts as a natural storm drain into which runs a watercourse created by natural drainage channels and artificial ditches from a watershed in excess of one square mile. The drainage area includes a pond and, before reaching the cavern, the watercourse passes through defendant’s and then plaintiffs’…