Tag: sidewalks
Court Finds County Not Liable for Fall on Public Sidewalk Adjacent to County Road
Plaintiff Frances Hice tripped and fell and suffered injuries as a result of an uneven public sidewalk slab on Watchung Avenue in Bloomfield. The sidewalk abutted a private residence owned by defendants Jose Cruz and Angelica Delacruz. The sidewalk was adjacent to a road (Watchung Avenue) owned by the County of Essex. The issue in […]
Homeowner Not Responsible for Plaintiff’s Injury Caused by Slip on Ice in Front of Home
Plaintiff Joseph Costigan was walking on the sidewalk in front of the home of the defendants Gurprit and Sneh Bains when he slipped and fell on a patch of ice and struck his head. He claimed that the drainage system on defendants’ property, that ran down the driveway and across the sidewalk, was faulty and […]
New Jersey Supreme Court Imposes Duty Upon Owner of Vacant Commercial Lot to Maintain the Public Sidewalk Abutting the Property
Plaintiff Alejandra Padilla allegedly tripped, fell, and suffered injuries on the sidewalk that abutted the vacant commercial lot in Camden owned by the defendants Young Il An and Myo Soon An. This property had been purchased more than 25 years previously but no building was ever constructed. The issue in Padilla v. Il An, 2024 […]
Personal Injury Claim Resulting From Fall on Snow and Ice Barred by Ongoing Storm Rule
Plaintiff Joseph Devaney was working as a security guard for G4S at facilities owned by defendant Chemours Company. On the day of the accident, there was a winter storm with light snow, sleet, and freezing rain. During the course of plaintiff’s inspection of the premises, he slipped and fell, suffering injuries. The issue in Devaney […]
Post Office Found Not Liable for Fall Due to Drop Off From Cement Sidewalk
Plaintiff Richard Rauso slipped and fell while at the premises at the United States Post Office in South Bound Brook, New Jersey. He sued the defendants Post Office and Ofaniyim Holdings, LLC, which owned the property upon which the Post Office is located and leased it to the United States, for injuries suffered in the […]
Owner of Vacant Lot Adjoining Public Sidewalk Held Not Liable for Injury Caused by Fall on Sidewalk
Plaintiff Alejandra Padilla slipped and fell on the sidewalk adjoining a vacant lot in Camden, which was owned by the defendants Myo Soon and Young Il an. She claimed to have suffered permanent injuries as a result of her fall. The issue in Padilla v. Young Il an, 2023 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 14 (App. […]
Recent Unpublished Appellate Division Opinion Regarding Sidewalk Liability
In an unpublished March 29, 2022 opinion in Blake v. Glavan, 2022 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 499, the Appellate Division further addressed the issue of sidewalk liability. The Court addressed the issue of the liability of both a homeowner and a municipality for an injury caused by a fall over an uneven public sidewalk. The […]
Homeowner Not Responsible For Plaintiff’s Injury From Trip Over Raised Sidewalk Due To Tree Root
Plaintiff, Sevim Temiz, while walking past her neighbor’s residential property in Paramus, tripped over a raised portion of the sidewalk and fell. She filed a lawsuit alleging that the defendants Ghanshyam Patel and Bijal Patel negligently maintained their property. The issue in Temiz v. Patel, 2021 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 604 (App. Div. April 12, […]
Residential Owner of Three Family Apartment Building Found Not to be Liable for Fall on Adjoining Public Sidewalk
Plaintiff Gerard Rienzi, while an inspector for Union City, fell on the public sidewalk in front of the three family apartment building owned by defendant Vincent Giacoman. Plaintiff claimed to have suffered injuries when he fell in a hole in the sidewalk adjacent to Giacoman’s building. The issue in Rienzi v. Giacoman, 2020 N.J. Super. […]
Residential Property Owner Found Not Liable for Plaintiff’s Injury Caused by Raised Public Sidewalk Slab Abutting Owner’s Home
Plaintiff Carla Israel was walking on the sidewalk bordering the rear of the defendant’s home located in East Brunswick, New Jersey. She fell as a result of an uneven slab of sidewalk and suffered an injury. The issue in Israel v. Gross, 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2538 (App. Div. December 12, 2019) was whether […]
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