Margot Loughran, Appellant v. City of New York, Respondent

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division and Appellate Term judgments, holding that a municipality's liability for a pedestrian injury does not depend on the hole being four inches deep or constituting a "trap," but on whether the city negligently failed to keep the public thoroughfare reasonably safe. The case was remanded for further factual determination.