Potaznick v. City of New York

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Conway, J.), entered December 4, 1980, upon a jury verdict in defendant’s favor, reversed, on the law and facts, and vacated and a new trial is directed, with costs to abide the event. On June 18,1978, plaintiff was injured when she fell while crossing, with the light, the Riverside Drive service road at the corner of West 97th Street in Manhattan. Plaintiff explained the happening of the occurrence as follows — her foot caught in a pothole (5 inches by 5 inches and 2 inches deep) causing her to fall. She testified that although she had observed the…