Lewis v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*1055A contractor may be liable for an affirmative act of negligence which results in the creation of a dangerous condition upon a public street or sidewalk (see Brown v Welsbach Corp., 301 NY 202, 205 [1950]; Losito v City of New York, 38 AD3d 854 [2007]; Kleeberg v City of New York, 305 AD2d 549, 550 [2003]). Here, the appellant Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (hereinafter Con Edison), and the defendant New York Paving, Inc. (hereinafter New York Paving), established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that they did not perform any work in…
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- Verdes v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Losito v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
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