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DEFECT IN ROADWAY WHICH ALLEGEDLY CAUSED PLAINTIFF TO FALL OFF HER BICYCLE OVER THE HANDLEBARS WAS PROPERLY DEEMED TRIVIAL AND NOT ACTIONABLE (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined the road defect which allegedly caused plaintiff to fall off her bicycle over the handlebars was properly found to be trivial and summary judgment was properly awarded to the defendant:

Although a landowner has a duty to maintain its property in a reasonably safe condition…, trivial defects are not actionable… . “[T]here is no predetermined height differential that renders a defect trivial”… . Instead, courts must consider “the facts presented, including the width, depth, elevation, irregularity and appearance of the defect along with the time, place and circumstance of the injury”… . Thus, “a small difference in height or other physically insignificant defect is actionable if its intrinsic characteristics or the surrounding circumstances magnify the dangers it poses, so that it unreasonably imperil[s] the safety of a pedestrian” …

The record includes photographs that confirm the size and location of the defect, relative to the roadway and crosswalk, and evinces that plaintiff previously traversed this area on bicycle several times prior to the accident, without incident. The photographs also reveal that the crosswalk against which the defect is located, made of bricks and demarcated from the asphalt with a granite boarder, would be visible to a bicyclist well before his or her tires made contact with the defect… . Gami v Cornell Univ.,2018 NY Slip Op 04812, Third Dept 6-28-18

NEGLIGENCE (BICYCLE ACCIDENT, TRIVIAL DEFECT, DEFECT IN ROADWAY WHICH ALLEGEDLY CAUSED PLAINTIFF TO FALL OFF HER BICYCLE OVER THE HANDLEBARS WAS PROPERLY DEEMED TRIVIAL AND NOT ACTIONABLE (THIRD DEPT))/BICYCLES (NEGLIGENCE, TRIVIAL DEFECT, DEFECT IN ROADWAY WHICH ALLEGEDLY CAUSED PLAINTIFF TO FALL OFF HER BICYCLE OVER THE HANDLEBARS WAS PROPERLY DEEMED TRIVIAL AND NOT ACTIONABLE (THIRD DEPT))/TRIVIAL DEFECT (NEGLIGENCE, BICYCLE ACCIDENT, TRIVIAL DEFECT, DEFECT IN ROADWAY WHICH ALLEGEDLY CAUSED PLAINTIFF TO FALL OFF HER BICYCLE OVER THE HANDLEBARS WAS PROPERLY DEEMED TRIVIAL AND NOT ACTIONABLE (THIRD DEPT))/HIGHWAYS AND ROADS (NEGLIGENCE, BICYCLE ACCIDENTS, TRIVIAL DEFECT, DEFECT IN ROADWAY WHICH ALLEGEDLY CAUSED PLAINTIFF TO FALL OFF HER BICYCLE OVER THE HANDLEBARS WAS PROPERLY DEEMED TRIVIAL AND NOT ACTIONABLE (THIRD DEPT))

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