BRIDGES v. CITY OF NEW YORK


18 A.D.3d 258 (2005)

794 N.Y.S.2d 369

DONA BRIDGES, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

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

May 10, 2005.


The trial evidence established that plaintiff, by reason of a fall occasioned by a sidewalk defect, sustained a fractured knee requiring a three-day hospitalization, an open reduction with internal fixation, as well as subsequent surgery to remove the hardware previously affixed to her knee. As a result of the injury and surgery, plaintiff was left with a four-inch scar, was homebound for six weeks and was forced to interrupt her college education. Under these circumstances...

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