COSTA v. SCHAFFNER


262 A.D.2d 346 (1999)

689 N.Y.S.2d 656

NILDA P. COSTA, Appellant, v. MARTIN SCHAFFNER, Respondent.

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

Decided June 7, 1999.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The plaintiff was allegedly injured when-she tripped and fell on a public sidewalk that abutted property owned by the defendant. Upon the completion of discovery, the defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The defendant argued that this case did not fall into any of the exceptions to the general rule that an owner of property abutting...

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