Legal Opinion

Elliott v. East 220th Street Realty Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 20, 2003PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alan Saks, J.), entered March 21, 2003, which granted defendants’ motion for sum*263mary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied and the complaint reinstated.

There is no “ ‘minimal dimension test’ or per se rule that a defect must be of a certain minimum height or depth in order to be actionable” (Trincere v County of Suffolk, 90 NY2d 976, 977 [1997]). Even assuming that the dimensions of the .defect in the stair are as depicted by and measured in the photographs of defendants’ investigator, and that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Trincere v. County of SuffolkNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
  2. Caldwell v. Village of Island ParkNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
  3. MacDonald v. City of SchenectadyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  4. Nin v. BernardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. Gerber v. West Hempstead Convenience, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Rivas v. Crotona Estates Housing Development Fund Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. Hutchinson v. Sheridan Hill House Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  3. Hutchinson v. Sheridan Hill House Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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