Thayer v. Martin

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• affirming granting summary judgment in defendant property owners’ favor on plaintiff’s slip and fall action
• finding proper the lower court’s Trincere triviality analysis, which “considered not only the defect’s dimensions, but also the circumstances surrounding the accident”; affirming granting of summary judgment in defendant’s favor
• \New York courts often rely on the judge's examination of photographs to determine whether a defect is trivial as a matter of law\
• “Under New York tort law, whether a dangerous or defective condition exists so as to create liability in negligence depends on the pecu- liar facts and circumstances of each case and is generally a question of fact for the jury.”

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