OLSON v. CITY OF NEW YORK


233 A.D.2d 488 (1996)

650 N.Y.S.2d 291

Russell Olson et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

November 25, 1996


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated.

The plaintiff Russell Olson, a New York City firefighter, returned to the firehouse after responding to a fire alarm, stepped down from the fire truck, and was injured when he fell into a pothole in the driveway of the firehouse. In his complaint he alleged a common-law negligence cause of action against his employer, the defendant.

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