Ciaravino v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Geoffrey D. Wright, J.), entered June 12, 2012, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint and denied plaintiff’s cross motion for leave to amend the notice of claim, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, defendant’s motion denied, and plaintiffs cross motion granted.

Plaintiffs decedent was allegedly injured when she tripped and fell after stepping into a 20-foot-long depressed area in the street, which was about 25 to 30 feet from a subway exit in Union Square Park. Plaintiff’s notice of claim mistakenly described…