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ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TRIP AND FALL IN TREE WELL NEAR THE SIDEWALK, THE TREE WELL IS NOT UNDER THE PROPERTY OWNER’S CONTROL (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department determined defendant property owner’s (Val-Mac’s) motion for summary judgment in this sidewalk slip and fall case was properly granted. Plaintiff fell in a tree well near the sidewalk abutting defendant’s property:

Plaintiff tripped and fell in a tree well as he walked on the sidewalk in front of Val-Mac’s property, which was undergoing repairs to a sewer line running to the street. Absent evidence that Val-Mac controlled the construction or made special use of the sidewalk, there is no issue of fact as to whether it proximately caused the accident, rather than “merely furnish[ing] the condition or occasion for the occurrence of the event” … . As the tree well is not part of the sidewalk under Val-Mac’s control, the court properly granted summary judgment … . Schwartz v City of New York, 2019 NY Slip Op 02465, First Dept 4-2-19

 

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