Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the appellant's contention, the Supreme Court properly denied his motion for summary judgment. As a general rule, a landowner will not be liable to a pedestrian injured by a defect in a public sidewalk abutting the landowner's premises unless the landowner created the defective condition, or caused the defect to occur because of some special use, or unless a statute or ordinance placed the obligation to maintain...
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