THOMAS v. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WESTBURY, N.Y., INC.


245 A.D.2d 501 (1997)

666 N.Y.S.2d 485

Viola Thomas et al., Respondents, v. First Baptist Church of Westbury, N. Y., Inc., Appellant

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

December 22, 1997


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

Before a landowner can be held liable for a hazardous condition created by the accumulation of snow or ice during a storm, a reasonable time for taking corrective measures after the cessation of the storm must pass (see, Fuks v New York City Tr. Auth., 243 A.D.2d 678; Flanagan v City of New York

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