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    Building owner not liable for cellar fall

    Sidewalk Cellars  •  Midtown, Manhattan

    Via Italia. Image Credit: Google Maps.

    Pedestrian fell through cellar doors on sidewalk on West 46th Street.  On November 29, 2017, John Harrington was walking on the sidewalk in front of a building located at 45 West 46th Street in Manhattan when he fell through the cellar doors and suffered injuries. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, sidewalk cellars, Torts
    Date:01/27/2022
    Category : CityLaw
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    City defeats highway injury claim

    Torts  •  Henry Hudson Parkway, Manhattan

    Exit for 96th Street on Henry Hudson Parkway near where accident occurred. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Driver was left paralyzed after collision with a guardrail on Henry Hudson Parkway. Benjamin Yannick worked as a server at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Manhattan. On October 27, 2003, after working from 3:30pm to 11:00pm, Yannick drove home to the Bronx on the Henry Hudson Parkway. Yannick lost control of his vehicle at approximately 12:50 a.m. near the intersection of 96th Street. Yannick veered from the middle lane of traffic to the left, crashed into the concrete median, then crossed diagonally across traffic to the right and collided with a guardrail. Yannick suffered a burst fracture at T-9 and was rendered paralyzed. (read more…)

    Tags : car accident, CityLaw, guardrails, Torts
    Date:12/30/2020
    Category : CityLaw
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    City defeats claim based on falling sign

    Torts  •  

    Bus sign replaced about a month after it fell on a pedestrian in front of 246 West Houston Street. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Pedestrian injured when bus stop sign fell from metal pole and struck him. On July 17, 2013, at around midnight, John T. Bunn was standing beside his parked car in front of 246 West Houston Street near a bus stop sign marked “W. Houston St & Varick St.” While standing at this location, the sign dislodged from its metal post, fell and struck Bunn in the head, causing him serious injuries. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, Torts
    Date:10/10/2020
    Category : CityLaw
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    Tort claim against HPD advances

    Emergency Order  •  Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    146 Wilson Street, Brooklyn. Image Credit: Google Maps

    HPD performed an emergency excavation without giving owner time to comply. The Trustee of a family Trust hired three workers to excavate soil on the Trust’s Brooklyn property to fix an emergency condition at 146 Wilson Street, Brooklyn. The three workers were trapped when the excavation collapsed. The City Department of Buildings issued a full stop order to the Trustee for excavations without a permit. The Housing Preservation & Development Department then advised the Trustee that unless the Trust immediately obtained approval from the Buildings Department to do the work, HPD would correct the condition at the Trust’s expense. HPD gave the Trustee three days to request that Buildings approve. The Trust contacted Buildings the same day. HPD, however, commenced to correct the condition without waiting the three days. New York City subsequently billed the Trust for the remedial work in the amount of $338,592.56. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, department of buildings, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, emergency excavation, emergency order, Torts
    Date:07/18/2020
    Category : CityLaw
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    Bicycle Riding and Injuries, Tort Claims and Defenses

    Torts  •  Citywide

    Credit: CityLaw

    Bike riding is enjoyable, healthy and fun. It can also be dangerous. The City is heavily invested in encouraging bike riding and bike safety. Yet, accidents happen, and when they do bike riders may opt to sue. Bike riders receive no special status as tort plaintiffs. Bike riders in court live by the same rules that govern tort claims by pedestrians and car drivers. As New York courts have repeatedly stated, a “bicyclist is required to use reasonable care for his or her own safety, to keep a reasonably vigilant lookout for vehicles, and to avoid placing himself or herself in a dangerous position.” (read more…)

    Tags : Bicycles, Bike Safety, CityLaw, Torts
    Date:04/01/2020
    Category : CityLaw
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    Subway Trains, Injuries, Tort Claims and Defenses

      •  Ross Sandler

    Early tort law was heavily weighted towards injuries that involved train accidents.  Here in the New York City metropolitan region with its huge dependence on rail transport, the older typical nineteenth century tort claims and defenses continue for injuries caused by subways, commuter lines and train equipment.

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    Tags : CityLaw, injuries, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, subways, Torts, trespass
    Date:01/13/2020
    Category : CityLaw
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