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IN THIS CROSSWALK SLIP AND FALL CASE, THE FACT THAT THE MUNICIPALITY REPAIRED THE AREA FIVE MONTHS BEFORE DID NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXCEPTION TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIREMENT (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the fact that the municipality repaired the crosswalk where plaintiff slipped and fell five months before did not constitute an exception to the prior written notice requirement:

Prior written notice of a defect is a condition precedent which plaintiff is required to plead and prove to maintain an action against the City, in the absence of a recognized exception … . The only recognized exceptions to the prior written notice requirement involve situations in which the municipality created the defect or hazard through an affirmative act of negligence or where a special use confers a benefit upon the municipality … . The affirmative negligence exception is limited to work which immediately results in the existence of a dangerous condition … . In support of her motion, plaintiff submitted evidence that the most recent repair work was performed five months prior to the accident in the general area of the subject defect. This does not raise an issue of fact as to whether defendants created the defect that caused plaintiff’s fall through an affirmative act of negligence at the location where the injury occurred, which immediately resulted in the existence of a dangerous condition … . Smith v City of New York, 2024 NY Slip Op 03150, First Dept 6-11-24

Practice Point: Unless the plaintiff can allege the dangerous condition which caused the slip and fall was created by the municipality at the time the repair was made, prior written notice of the defect is a condition precedent for the lawsuit. Here the allegation the area was repaired five months before the slip and fall was not sufficient.

 

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