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VILLAGE CODE PROVISION WHICH REQUIRES WRITTEN NOTICE OF A SIDEWALK DEFECT BEFORE MUNICIPAL LIABILITY CAN BE IMPOSED APPLIES TO A STAIRWAY FROM A PUBLIC ROAD TO A MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT, STAIRWAY SLIP AND FALL ACTION PROPERLY DISMISSED (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, over an extensive two-judge dissent, determined that the village code provision which requires written notice of a sidewalk defect before the village can be held liable applies to a stairway connecting a public road to a municipal parking lot. Because plaintiff did not plead or prove written notice of a stairway defect, plaintiff’s slip and fall action was properly dismissed:

In Woodson v City of New York, this Court determined that a stairway may be classified as a sidewalk for purposes of a prior written notice statute if it “functionally fulfills the same purpose that a standard sidewalk would serve” (93 NY2d 936, 937-938 [1999] …). * * *

The courts below correctly applied Woodson in holding that the stairway at issue “functionally fulfills the same purpose” as a standard sidewalk, and therefore plaintiff was required to show that the Village received prior written notice of the allegedly defective condition … . Hinton v Village of Pulaski, 2019 NY Slip Op 01261, CtApp 2-21-19

 

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