Coma v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff Pauline Coma (hereinafter the injured plaintiff) allegedly was injured when she tripped and fell on a raised portion of the sidewalk on Hoyt Street in Brooklyn. The injured plaintiff and her husband, suing derivatively, subsequently commenced this action against the defendant City of New York alleging that the accident had been caused by its negligent failure to maintain and repair the sidewalk. At trial, the injured plaintiff testified that when she was about a foot away from the sidewalk defect she tripped over, she turned her head to look behind her in order to ensure that…
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