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Civil Procedure, Municipal Law, Negligence

A STORM DRAIN ALLEGEDLY CAUSED FLOODING ON PLAINTIFFS’ PROPERTY; THE NEGLIGENT DESIGN CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST THE VILLAGE ACCRUED WHEN THE STORM DRAIN WAS INSTALLED, NOT WHEN THE FLOODING OCCURRED, AND WAS TIME-BARRED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court in this action stemming from flooding cause by a village storm drain, determined the negligent design cause of action against the village was time-barred because it accrued at the time the storm drain was constructed. However the trespass and negligent maintenance causes of action were timely:

General Municipal Law § 50-i provides that tort actions against municipalities “shall be commenced within one year and ninety days after the happening of the event upon which the claim is based.” Here, the plaintiffs alleged in the third cause of action that the Village’s negligent design of the storm drain system caused or contributed to the alleged property damage. Under these circumstances, “the happening of the event upon which the claim [was] based” …  was the design and installation of the storm drain system, which occurred many years prior to the commencement of this action … . Methal v Village of Ardsley, 2023 NY Slip Op 03775, Second Dept 7-12-23

Practice Point: Here a storm drain flooded plaintiffs’ property. The negligent maintenance and trespass causes of action accrued at or about the time of the flooding and were timely. But the negligent design cause of action accrued when the storm drain was installed and was time-barred.

 

July 12, 2023
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