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CRANE v. CITY OF NEW YORK

65 N.Y.2d 859 (1985)

John Crane, Plaintiff, v. City of New York, Appellant, and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Alfred Weinstein and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for appellant.

William E. Hegarty, Ernest J. Williams, John R. Vaughan, Thomas J. Kavaler and Stanley K. Shapiro for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur; Judges JASEN and MEYER on constraint of Strauss v Belle Realty Co. (); Judges ALEXANDER and TITONE taking no part.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff was injured when, on the night of the 1977 power blackout, he fell on some irregular cobblestones on a New York City street. He brought this action against the city, for failure to keep the streets in good repair or provide adequate warnings, and against Con Edison, for its negligence in causing the blackout. The city cross...

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