MAHARAJ v. CITY OF NEW YORK

2019-14525. Index No. 507825/16.

200 A.D.3d 769 (2021)

157 N.Y.S.3d 534

2021 NY Slip Op 06841

Parnand Maharaj, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents.

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

Decided December 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Cochran Firm ( Alexander J. Wulwick , New York, NY of counsel), for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York, NY ( Devin Slack and Kevin Osowski of counsel; David M. Alexander on the brief), for respondents.

Mastro, J.P., and Austin, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

On August 9, 2015, the plaintiff allegedly was injured when he fell while playing cricket on the tennis courts at Lincoln Terrace/Arthur S. Somers Park (hereinafter the park) in Brooklyn. The plaintiff alleged that he tripped over a two-to-four-inch deep hole that was concealed inside a long crack, which was approximately seven feet long and between three to eight inches wide, in the asphalt playing surface. The plaintiff...

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