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HALLAS v. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

259 A.D.2d 444 (1999)

687 N.Y.S.2d 160

MARTHA HALLAS, Respondent, v. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, Appellant.

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

Decided March 30, 1999.

Plaintiff claims to have sustained injuries from tripping and falling on a defective sidewalk adjacent to defendant's premises in May 1991. It is well settled that a land owner does not owe a duty to the public to maintain a public sidewalk solely because it abuts the owner's property (Nuesi v City of New York, 205 A.D.2d 370). Since the sidewalk area was not put to a special use by defendant (see, Granville v City of New York...

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