TORRES v. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DIST. MGT. ASSN., INC.


57 A.D.3d 214 (2008)

868 N.Y.S.2d 57

MARIETTE TORRES, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT. DISTRICT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC., Respondent.

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

December 2, 2008.


Summary dismissal was properly granted in this matter where plaintiff was injured when she tripped on a plastic bag during a street fair that was hosted and sponsored by defendant. Although defendant, as a licensee who obtained permission to use the designated streets to sponsor and host the fair, owed a duty of care to maintain the area in a reasonably safe condition (see Maheshwari v City of New York, 2 N.Y.3d 288, 294 [2004])...

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