How to Fight the Trivial Defect Defense After a Brooklyn Sidewalk Fall
When a "Small" Sidewalk Crack Causes a Serious Injury Key Takeaways: New York’s trivial defect doctrine is a defense, not an automatic bar to sidewalk fall claims, and no fixed measurement defeats a case on its own. Courts weigh width, depth, elevation differential, irregularity, and appearance alongside the time, place, and circumstances of the fall, […]