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SHERMAN v. NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTH.

No. 56

27 N.Y.3d 1019 (2016)

52 N.E.3d 231

32 N.Y.S.3d 568

2016 NY Slip Op 03546

RODNEY SHERMAN, Appellant, v. NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided May 5, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman M. Block, P. C., Hawthorne ( Norman M. Block of counsel), for appellant.

McGaw, Alventosa & Zajac, Jericho ( Andrew Zajac of counsel), for respondent.

Lawrence Heisler , Brooklyn, for New York City Transit Authority, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge DIFIORE and Judges PIGOTT, STEIN and GARCIA concur; Judge RIVERA dissents in an opinion in which Judges ABDUS-SALAAM and FAHEY concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Claimant, a New York State Trooper, slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk outside the trooper barracks in Newburgh. The sidewalk is located on property owned and maintained by defendant New York State Thruway Authority. Claimant commenced this personal injury action against the Authority, alleging that it negligently failed to maintain the sidewalk...

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