Hogin v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara Jaffe, J.), entered November 9, 2011, which granted defendant City of New York’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and all cross claims as against it, and denied plaintiffs’ cross motion to strike the City’s answer, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The documentation of various complaints made to the Department of Environmental Protection and repairs made by the Department of Transportation do not constitute “written acknowledgment” of the alleged sinkhole condition that caused plaintiff David Hogin’s fall (Administrative…