Hutchinson v. Sheridan Hill House Corp.

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 2015-10-20

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OPINION OF THE COURT Fahey, J. These cases teach that it is usually more difficult to define what is trivial than what is significant. The common factual and procedural thread among the three appeals before us is that an individual tripped on a defect in a sidewalk or stairway, and was injured, but was foreclosed from going to trial on the ground that the defect was characterized as too trivial to be actiona…

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