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VERBAL NOTICE TO CITY ABOUT POTHOLES, EVEN IF REDUCED TO WRITING, DOES NOT SATISFY THE WRITTEN NOTICE PREREQUISITE FOR CITY LIABILITY, PLAINTIFF ALLEGED A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY POTHOLES (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court in this traffic accident case, noted that verbal notice to the city about potholes, even if reduced to writing, does not satisfy the written notice prerequisite for the city’s liability:

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Defendant established that it lacked prior written notice of a defective or unsafe condition in the road, and plaintiff failed to meet its burden of demonstrating that an exception to the general rule is applicable… . Contrary to plaintiff’s contention, it is well established that “verbal or telephonic communication to a municipal body that is reduced to writing [does not] satisfy a prior written notice requirement” … . Tracy v City of Buffalo, 2018 NY Slip Op 00704, Fourth Dept 2-2-1

MUNICIPAL LAW (TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, POTHOLES, VERBAL NOTICE TO CITY ABOUT POTHOLES, EVEN IF REDUCED TO WRITING, DOES NOT SATISFY THE WRITTEN NOTICE PREREQUISITE FOR CITY LIABILITY, PLAINTIFF ALLEGED A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY POTHOLES (FOURTH DEPT))/NEGLIGENCE (MUNICIPAL LAW, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, POTHOLES, VERBAL NOTICE TO CITY ABOUT POTHOLES, EVEN IF REDUCED TO WRITING, DOES NOT SATISFY THE WRITTEN NOTICE PREREQUISITE FOR CITY LIABILITY, PLAINTIFF ALLEGED A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY POTHOLES (FOURTH DEPT))/TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (MUNICIPAL LAW, POTHOLES, VERBAL NOTICE TO CITY ABOUT POTHOLES, EVEN IF REDUCED TO WRITING, DOES NOT SATISFY THE WRITTEN NOTICE PREREQUISITE FOR CITY LIABILITY, PLAINTIFF ALLEGED A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY POTHOLES (FOURTH DEPT))/POTHOLES (MUNICIPAL LAW, NEGLIGENCE, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS,  VERBAL NOTICE TO CITY ABOUT POTHOLES, EVEN IF REDUCED TO WRITING, DOES NOT SATISFY THE WRITTEN NOTICE PREREQUISITE FOR CITY LIABILITY, PLAINTIFF ALLEGED A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY POTHOLES (FOURTH DEPT))/WRITTEN NOTICE  (MUNICIPAL LAW, NEGLIGENCE, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS,  VERBAL NOTICE TO CITY ABOUT POTHOLES, EVEN IF REDUCED TO WRITING, DOES NOT SATISFY THE WRITTEN NOTICE PREREQUISITE FOR CITY LIABILITY, PLAINTIFF ALLEGED A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY POTHOLES (FOURTH DEPT))

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