Opinion
June 29, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Segal, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
A landowner who negligently repairs a sidewalk is liable to a person injured thereupon ( see, Davi v. Alhamidy, 207 A.D.2d 859; Kobet v. Consolidated Edison Co., 176 A.D.2d 785; Brady v. Maloney, 161 A.D.2d 879). During his examination before trial, the defendant landowner Aaron Fertig claimed not to have repaired the public sidewalk abutting his residential property where the plaintiff allegedly tripped and fell, but admitted to repairing two other sections of broken sidewalk abutting his residential property. As the defendant Village of Lawrence unequivocally stated that it had never repaired the sidewalk where the plaintiff allegedly fell, and the plaintiff submitted an affidavit by an expert in the field of concrete inspection who concluded that someone had attempted to repair that portion of the sidewalk, notwithstanding the defendant landowner's denial, there exists a question of fact as to whether he contributed to the plaintiffs accident by making a defective repair to the sidewalk where the accident occurred ( see, Davi v. Alhamidy, supra; Kobet v. Consolidated Edison Co., supra; Brady v. Maloney, supra; cf., Soto v. City of New York, 240 A.D.2d 485; Palazzo v. City of New Rochelle, 236 A.D.2d 528). Thus, the Supreme Court properly denied the motion for summary judgment.
Miller, J.P., Thompson, Joy and Florio, JJ., concur.