RISER v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY


260 A.D.2d 564 (1999)

688 N.Y.S.2d 645

KENNETH RISER, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided April 19, 1999.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff tripped and fell on the edge of a segment of pavement in the sidewalk of a Brooklyn building owned by the defendant, the New York City Housing Authority. The portion of the pavement upon which the plaintiff tripped was a few inches in length, and was raised, at its highest point, approximately one inch above the adjacent segment of pavement.

Generally, the issue of whether a dangerous or defective...

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