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QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER OWNERS-OCCUPIERS OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE LIABLE FOR A FALLING OBJECT INJURY TO A SIDEWALK PEDESTRIAN (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department determined there was a question of fact whether the owner of a building could be liable for injury to a sidewalk pedestrian caused by an object that fell from the building (which was under construction):

Plaintiff Joseph Kosakowski was a pedestrian on the sidewalk adjacent to a building owned and occupied by the Broadway defendants, which was undergoing construction, when he was struck by a piece of sheet metal that fell from above. Under the circumstances presented, issues of fact exist as to whether the Broadway defendants can be held liable for plaintiff’s injuries based upon the nondelegable duty not to cause harm to those traveling on the nearby public sidewalk … . Kosakowski v 1372 Broadway Assoc., LLC, 2018 NY Slip Op 02753, First Dept 4-24-18

​NEGLIGENCE (FALLING OBJECTS, QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER OWNERS-OCCUPIERS OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE LIABLE FOR A FALLING OBJECT INJURY TO A SIDEWALK PEDESTRIAN (FIRST DEPT))/FALLING OBJECTS (NEGLIGENCE, QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER OWNERS-OCCUPIERS OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE LIABLE FOR A FALLING OBJECT INJURY TO A SIDEWALK PEDESTRIAN (FIRST DEPT))/PEDESTRIANS (FALLING OBJECTS, NEGLIGENCE, QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER OWNERS-OCCUPIERS OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE LIABLE FOR A FALLING OBJECT INJURY TO A SIDEWALK PEDESTRIAN (FIRST DEPT))

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