Opinion
March 16, 2000
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Kibbie Payne, J.), entered July 9, 1999, which denied defendant Bessie Rivera's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and cross claim against her, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Perry Gary Fish for plaintiff-respondents.
Lisa M. Comeau for defendant-appellant.
Sullivan, P.J., Rosenberger, Mazzarelli, Buckley, Friedman, JJ.
The right afforded a landowner to utilize an abutting sidewalk temporarily for the placement of garbage awaiting collection is not an absolute right to obstruct the sidewalk in derogation of the rights of pedestrians (see, Fleischer v. White Rose Food Corp., 152 A.D.2d 489). Accordingly, in view of the factual questions raised as to whether defendant-appellant placed her garbage on the street in a reasonably safe manner insofar as passing pedestrians were concerned and as to whether, if she did not, such negligence was a proximate cause of plaintiff's injury, summary judgment was properly denied.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.