Legal Opinion
Burns v. City of Poughkeepsie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 1, 2002PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Pagones, J.), dated November 28, 2000, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
The plaintiff commenced this action against the City of Poughkeepsie for injuries he allegedly sustained on November 2, 1997, when he was thrown from his bicycle while riding through a puddle which concealed a storm drain and catch basin in front…
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