SHERIDAN v. CITY OF NEW YORK


261 A.D.2d 528 (1999)

690 N.Y.S.2d 620

KENNETH SHERIDAN, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

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

Decided May 17, 1999.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff broke his ankle when he tripped on a large hole in the surface of a municipal playground while playing basketball with his son and his son's friend. By the plaintiff's own calculations, the hole was two feet by two feet, and two inches deep. It was located just to the front and right of a basket. The plaintiff, who was an experienced basketball player, had been...

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