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WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIREMENT APPLIED TO GRAVEL PILED NEAR A MANHOLE, ACTION BY BICYCLIST INJURED WHEN HIS WHEEL STRUCK THE GRAVEL PROPERLY DISMISSED.

The First Department determined the city’s summary judgment motion was properly granted in this bicycle accident case. Plaintiff was injured when his bicycle struck a pile of gravel near a manhole that was being accessed for sewer maintenance. Because sewer maintenance is a governmental function, the written notice requirement applies. Without written notice of the condition, the city cannot be held liable:

This action seeks recovery for injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiff Daniel Chambers when the front wheel of the bicycle he was riding came into contact with gravel located around a large hole, near a manhole cover. …

The court properly dismissed the action as plaintiff failed to establish that an exception to the prior written notice requirement of Administrative Code of the City of New York § 7-201(c)(2) is at issue here … . The City’s ownership of a manhole cover, which allows the City to access the sewer system and water pipes in order to perform maintenance and repairs, does not provide the City with “a special benefit from that property unrelated to the public use” … . Accordingly, it does not fall within the “special use” exception … . Chambers v City of New York, 2017 NY Slip Op 01120, 1st Dept 2-10-17

 

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