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    No Notice Required for Pothole Injury

    Torts

    St. Nicholas Avenue between 124th Street and 125th Street. Image credit: Google Maps.

    Police officers were injured when their car struck a pothole that had been repaired by the City. On September 7, 2011, at about 12:40 a.m., while on patrol, two New York City police officers sustained personal injuries when their vehicle’s tire fell into a roadway hole located in the northbound lane of Saint Nicholas Avenue between 124th Street and 125th Street.  (read more…)

    Tags : injury, notice, pothole, St. Nicholas Avenue, Torts
    Date:11/21/2018
    Category : CityLaw
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    Firefighter’s Claim Goes To Trial

    Code Violation

    NYC Fire Truck. Credit: CityLaw.

    Tenant left on a food warmer which ignited a fire in the apartment where firefighter was injured. Firefighter John Walsh suffered a debilitating shoulder injury when putting out a fire in Miriam Michelson’s high rise apartment. Michelson observed the Sabbath and used a warming tray to prepare and heat food.  Michelson left the warming tray on while away from her apartment.  The warming tray was plugged into a timer which was plugged into a wall.  Because of faulty wiring the warming tray overheated which burned the wire’s insulation and ignited nearby combustible material.  The fire quickly spread from the kitchen to the rest of the apartment and up to the sixth floor, blowing out windows and causing an air conditioner to fall down into the courtyard, prompting a neighbor to call 911.  (read more…)

    Tags : faulty wiring, firefighter, high rise apartment, injury, wiring
    Date:07/20/2018
    Category : CityLaw
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    Tenant’s Fire-Injury Claim Goes To Trial

    Torts

    9 East 36th Street. Image credit: CityLaw.

    Tenant sued landlord over fire in his rent-stabilized apartment that had allegedly originated from inadequate wiring. James Daly, the tenant of a rent-stabilized studio apartment located at 9 East 36th Street in Manhattan, suffered injuries from a fire that occurred on June 19, 2013. The apartment, built in the 1930s, was 700 square feet consisting of a living area, a gallery kitchen, three closets, a bathroom, and a hall connecting the gallery kitchen to the bathroom. There were a total of seven electrical outlets in the apartment; three in the living area, two in the gallery kitchen, one in the hall, and one in the bathroom. (read more…)

    Tags : 9 East 36th Street, building, building fire, claim, electricity, fire, injury
    Date:05/14/2018
    Category : CityLaw
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