Legal Opinion
Busone v. City of Troy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 21, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Casey, J.
In March 1992, plaintiff Catherine Busone (hereinafter plaintiff) fractured her left ankle due to a fall allegedly caused by a pothole located in a sidewalk on Williams Street in the City of Troy, Rensselaer County. Plaintiff (then age 37) was alighting from a van, which she had just parked in a lot adjacent to Williams Street, when she fell into the hole *968estimated to be three feet long, 17 inches wide and three inches deep.
Plaintiff and her spouse thereafter commenced this action, alleging that their damages had been caused by defendant’s breach of its duty to maintain its streets…
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- Holt v. County of TiogaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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- Jackson v. City of Mount VernonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Lalley v. Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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