Legal Opinion
Lehner v. Boyle
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 17, 2004PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Jones, J.), dated January 10, 2003, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
An owner of land abutting a public sidewalk does not, solely by reason of being an abutting owner, owe a duty to keep the sidewalk in a safe condition (see Loforese v Cadillac Fairview Shopping Ctrs., U.S., 235 AD2d 399 [1997]). An abutting landowner will not be liable to a pedestrian injured on a…
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- Eidelman v. HochauserAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Gross v. Kam She NgAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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