Legal Opinion
Katz v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 1995PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*243OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
On February 13, 1988, plaintiff tripped on an alleged defect in the sidewalk on Second Avenue between East 71st and East 72nd Street in Manhattan, causing her to fall and suffer injury. In an attempt to comply with the statutory condition precedent of prior written notice, plaintiff filed a map dated June 5, 1986 with the City of New York depicting the defect that purportedly caused her fall. Supreme Court granted defendant’s trial motion for a directed verdict and dismissed the complaint when the City produced a "successor” map, dated November 4, 1987, that…
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