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Open and Obvious Nature of Condition Required Dismissal of Complaint

In reversing the denial of defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, the First Department determined the open and obvious nature of the danger precluded the lawsuit:

Dismissal of the complaint as against the City is warranted inthis action where the 14-year-old decedent drowned after she and friends scaled a fence, ignored signs prohibiting swimming, and entered into the Bronx River, which runs through River Park, even though she did not know how to swim. Although the City has a duty to maintain its property in a reasonably safe condition, in view of all the circumstances …, “the duty to take reasonable precautions does not extend to open and obvious conditions that are natural geographic phenomena which can readily be observed by those employing the reasonable use of their senses” … .  Torres v City of New York, 2013 NY Slip Op 02019, 9607, 303086/11, 1st Dept 3-26-13

 

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