CHOWDHURY v. PHILLIPS

Index No. 105336/96. Appeal No. 15904. Case No. 2021-01194.

205 A.D.3d 471 (2022)

168 N.Y.S.3d 58

2022 NY Slip Op 03067

Jasmine Chowdhury, as Administratrix of the Estate of Zamal A. Chowdhury, Deceased, et al., Respondents, v. William E. Phillips, Defendant, and City of New York et al., Appellants.

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

Decided May 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Amy McCamphill of counsel), for appellants.

Gentile & Associates, New York ( Laura Gentile of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Webber, J.P., Singh, Moulton, Kennedy, Rodriguez, JJ.


In support of dismissing the negligent roadway maintenance claim insofar as it is based on the presence of potholes on the Harlem River Drive, defendants established prima facie that, while the record is replete with evidence of such potholes, there is no evidence that the decedent actually struck a pothole, causing one of his tires to blow out (see e.g. Merrill v City of New York, 172 A.D.3d 483, 484 [1st Dept 2019];

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