BETANCOURT v. CITY OF NEW YORK


269 A.D.2d 177 (2000)

703 N.Y.S.2d 438

ISIDORO BETANCOURT, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

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

Decided February 8, 2000.


Plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries sustained in a slip and fall in a puddle of water allegedly caused by a defectively designed sewer, and argues that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence because defendant failed to adduce expert opinion countering the expert opinion he introduced that the sewer's placement at other than the lowest part of the roadway made it prone to clogging. This argument overlooks the challenge that was made to plaintiff's expert...

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