Practice point: Effective September 14 2003, Administrative Code of the City of New York § 7-210 shifted tort liability for injuries arising from a defective sidewalk from the City to the abutting property owner, absent certain exceptions. A tree well does not fall within the applicable Administrative Code definition of "sidewalk" and, thus, section 7-210 does not impose civil liability on property owners for injuries that occur in city-owned tree wells.
Case: Antonyuk v. Brightwater Towers Condo Homeowners' Assn., Inc., NY Slip Op 00619 (2d Dep't February 1, 2017)
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Tomorrow's issue: An expert's affidavit in a medical malpractice action.
