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ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER NOT LIABLE FOR CONDITION OF CITY OWNED TREE WELL WITHIN SIDEWALK.

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant property owner could not be held liable for the condition of a NYC-owned tree well within the abutting sidewalk:

Administrative Code of the City of New York § 7-210(a) places the duty to maintain a sidewalk in a reasonably safe condition on the owner of the property abutting the sidewalk, and provides for civil liability for injuries proximately caused by the failure to so maintain the sidewalk. However, the statute does not extend that duty of maintenance to City-owned tree wells or provide for civil liability for injuries occurring in City-owned tree wells … . Thus, liability may be imposed on the abutting landowner in such instances only where she or he has “affirmatively created the dangerous condition, negligently made repairs to the area, [or] caused the dangerous condition to occur through a special use of that area” … . Gibbons v City of New York, 2016 NY Slip Op 04019, 2nd Dept 5-25-16

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