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SIDEWALK DAMAGE CAUSED BY TREE ROOTS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AFFIRMATIVE NEGLIGENCE BY THE CITY; THEREFORE THE CITY’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS SIDEWALK SLIP AND FALL CASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the city’s alleged failure address sidewalk defects caused by tree roots was not affirmative negligence and therefore was not actionable in this slip and fall case:

“Administrative Code of the City of New York § 7-210, which became effective September 14, 2003, shifted tort liability for injuries arising from a defective sidewalk from the City to the abutting property owner, except for sidewalks abutting one-, two-, or three-family residential properties that are owner occupied and used exclusively for residential purposes” … . Administrative Code § 7-210, however, “does not shift tort liability for injuries proximately caused by the City’s affirmative acts of negligence” … . Here, the defendants established, prima facie, that the abutting building at issue was not a one-, two-, or three-family residence, and that they did not affirmatively cause or create the alleged defect in the sidewalk … . Moreover, even assuming that the defendants were responsible for the maintenance of the tree and that the tree’s roots caused the alleged sidewalk defect, the defendants’ alleged failure to maintain the roots would, at most, constitute nonfeasance, not affirmative negligence … . Dragonetti v 301 Mar. Ave. Corp., 2020 NY Slip Op 01144, Second Dept 1-19-20

 

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