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IN A SIDEWALK SLIP AND FALL CASE AGAINST A MUNICIPALITY, VERBAL NOTICE OF THE DEFECT, EVEN IF REDUCED TO WRITING, DOES NOT SATISFY THE WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIREMENT (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court in this sidewalk slip and fall case, determined the defendant city demonstrated it did not have written notice of the sidewalk defect and rejected the allegation that the city had verbal notice that may have been reduced to writing:

… [P]laintiff and the cross-claim defendants never contested the City’s “proof that it had not received prior written notice of the defect, asserting, instead, that such notice was unnecessary” because the City had actual notice … . However, “it is well settled that verbal or telephonic communications to a municipal body, even if reduced to writing, do not satisfy a prior written notice requirement” … . Runge v City of N. Tonawanda, 2023 NY Slip Op 03123, Fourth Dept 6-9-23

Practice Point: In a sidewalk slip and fall case against a municipality, verbal notice of the defect, even if reduced to writing, does not satisfy the written notice requirement.

 

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