Legal Opinion
Hayden v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 21, 2006PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Betty Owen Stinson, J.), entered on or about January 23, 2003, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted the municipal defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
A municipality’s duty to maintain existing street lights is limited to those situations where illumination is necessary to avoid dangerous or potentially hazardous conditions. In order to prevail, a plaintiff must thus show that the municipality permitted a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Thompson v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- Colicchio v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Cracas v. ZiskoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Uvaydova v. New York Telephone Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Michetti v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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