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Defective Sidewalk Claims
Sidewalk claims arise from alleged defects, such as cracked or uneven surfaces, on public sidewalks. This type of claim includes personal injuries for “trip and fall” accidents resulting from such defects, as well as incidents on snow and ice-covered sidewalks.

In Fiscal Year 2004, 3,229 sidewalk claims were filed against the City the lowest number of sidewalk claims in ten years. This represents a seven percent decrease from the 3,482 sidewalk claims filed during Fiscal Year 2003.

The total cost of sidewalk claims was $71.6 million in Fiscal Year 2004. In Fiscal Year 2003, sidewalk claims cost $68 million.

During the past ten fiscal years, sidewalk claims were the most frequently filed personal injury claim.

As a result of new legislation6, the Comptroller’s Office disallowed 1,216 or 38 percent of the 3,229 of the sidewalk claims filed in Fiscal Year 2004.

Defective Roadway Claims
Defective Roadway claims are claims that allege injuries to pedestrians, motorists or others as a result of defects in streets or roadways and were the ninth costliest category of cases in Fiscal Year 2004.

The City was liable for $35.2 million in settlements and judgments in 660 cases in Fiscal Year 2004. This liability represents a 13 percent increase from the $31.1 million paid in Fiscal Year 2003 for 674 resolved cases.

Roadway cases constituted 8 percent of the total number of personal injury settlements and judgments and more than 6 percent of the total personal injury expenditure in Fiscal Year 2004.

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