`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 63
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`INDEX NO. 20178
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/12/2021
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`OF NEW YORK
`STATE
`SUPREME
`COURT
`
`COUNTY
`
`OF SARATOGA
`
`SANDRA
`
`COULTER
`
`AND STEPHEN
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`COULTER,
`
`Plaintiffs,
`
`-against-
`
`TOWN OF MOREAU,
`THE MICHAELS
`WOODSCAPE
`NORTH
`L.L.C.,
`GROUP,
`HOMEOWNERS'
`ASSOCIATION
`II,
`PAVING
`COMPANY,
`P.E. AND THE
`DESIGN
`
`INC.,
`
`LLC,
`
`PARTNERSHIP,
`
`COMMERCIAL
`GARRY
`ROBINSON,
`ENVIRONMENTAL
`
`LLP,
`
`IN SUPPORT
`FOR SUMMARY
`
`OF
`
`AFFIDAVIT
`MOTION
`JUDGMENT
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`Index
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`No.
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`20178
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`RJI No.
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`45-1-2017-1235
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`NORTH
`WOODSCAPE
`and THE MICHAELS
`
`II,
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`INC.,
`
`HOMEOWNERS'
`
`Defendants.
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`ASSOCIATION
`
`GROUP,
`
`L.L.C.
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`Third-Party
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`Plair¿tiffs,
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`c
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`co
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`COMMERCIAL
`
`PAVING
`
`COMPANY,
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`LLC,
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`·Third-Party
`
`Defendant
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`STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`COUNTY
`
`OF SARATOGA
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`)
`)
`)
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`states
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`as follows:
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`5
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`-5
`
`cm
`
`LEEANN
`
`MCCABE,
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`being
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`duly
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`sworn
`
`deposes
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`and
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`1.
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`That
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`I am the Town
`
`Clerk
`
`and Receiver
`
`of Taxes
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`for
`
`the Defendant
`
`Town
`
`of Moreau
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`in the above-captioned
`
`action.
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`2..
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`3.
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`That
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`I submit
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`this Affidavit
`
`in Support
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`of
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`the instant
`
`Motion
`
`for Summary
`
`Judgment.
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`That
`
`the Town
`
`of Moreau
`
`has in effect·a.Code
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`entitled
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`Article
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`Ill
`
`§121-10
`
`"Defective
`
`Highways
`
`and
`
`Property"
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`which
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`states
`
`that:
`
`"[n]o.
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`civil
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`action
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`shall
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`be maintained
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`against
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`the Town
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`of Moreau
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`(hereinafter
`
`referred
`
`to as "the
`
`town").or
`
`the Superintendent
`
`of Highways
`
`of
`
`the town
`
`or
`
`agairst
`
`any
`
`improvement
`
`district
`
`in
`
`the
`
`town.
`
`for
`
`damages
`
`or
`
`injuries
`
`to
`
`persons
`
`or
`
`property,
`
`inclüding
`
`those
`
`arising
`
`from
`
`the
`
`operation
`
`of
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`snowmobiles,
`
`sustaiñêd
`
`by
`
`reason
`
`of any
`
`highway,
`
`bridge,
`
`culvert,
`
`highway
`
`marking,
`
`sign
`
`or
`
`device,
`
`or
`
`any
`
`other
`
`property
`
`owned,
`
`operated
`
`or
`
`maintaiñêd
`
`operated
`
`or maintained
`
`improvement
`
`district
`
`by the town
`
`or any property
`
`owned,
`
`by any
`
`therein,
`
`being
`
`defective,
`
`out of
`
`repair,
`
`unsafe,
`
`dangerous
`
`or obstructed,
`
`unless
`
`written
`
`notice
`
`of such
`
`defective,
`
`unsafe,
`
`dangerous
`
`or obstructed
`
`condition
`
`of
`
`such
`
`highway,
`
`bridge,
`
`culvert,
`
`highway
`
`marking,
`
`sign
`
`or device
`
`or any
`
`other
`
`property
`
`owned,
`
`operated
`
`or maintained
`
`by
`
`the
`
`town,
`
`or any
`
`property
`
`owned,
`
`operated
`
`or maintained
`
`by
`
`any
`
`improvenient
`
`district
`
`was
`
`actually
`
`given
`
`to the
`
`Town
`
`Clerk
`
`or
`
`of Highways
`
`of
`
`the
`
`town
`
`to the Superintendent
`
`and
`
`there
`
`was
`
`failure
`
`or ñêglect
`
`within
`
`a reasonable
`
`time
`
`after
`
`the
`
`giving
`
`of
`
`such
`
`notice
`
`to repair
`
`or
`
`remove
`
`the
`
`defect,
`
`danger
`
`or
`
`obstruction
`
`complained
`
`of."
`
`4.
`
`That my job
`
`duties
`
`include
`
`maintaining
`
`an indexed
`
`record,
`
`in a separate
`
`book,
`
`of
`
`all written
`
`notices
`
`thatmy
`
`office
`
`receives
`
`regarding
`
`the existence
`
`of a defective,
`
`unsafe,
`
`dangerous
`
`or obstructed
`
`condition
`
`in or upon,
`
`or of an accumulation
`
`of
`
`ice and snow upon,
`
`any
`
`town
`
`highway,
`
`culvert
`
`or a sidewalk
`
`other
`
`owned
`
`an improvement
`
`bridge,
`
`district,
`
`or any
`
`property
`
`by
`
`the
`
`town
`
`or by
`
`which
`
`record
`
`shall
`
`state
`
`the
`
`date
`
`of
`
`the
`
`receipt
`
`of
`
`the
`
`notice,
`
`the
`
`nature
`
`and
`
`location
`
`and
`
`nature
`
`of
`
`the
`
`condition
`
`stated
`
`to
`
`exist
`
`and
`
`the
`
`name
`
`and
`
`address
`
`of
`
`from
`
`whom the
`
`notice
`
`is
`
`received.
`
`5.
`
`That
`
`I have
`
`reviewed
`
`the Summons
`
`and Complaint
`
`in this matter.
`
`A copy
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Summons
`
`and Complaint
`
`is attached
`
`hereto
`
`as Exhibit."A".
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`6.
`
`In the Complaint
`
`it
`
`is alleged.
`
`that
`
`the Plaintiff
`
`Sandra
`
`Coulter
`
`was
`
`iñjured
`
`after
`
`trippiñg
`
`and
`
`falling
`
`on a defective
`
`condition·
`
`while
`
`lawfully
`
`using
`
`the public
`
`road
`
`located
`
`in front
`
`of 35 Woodscape
`
`Drive,
`
`Moreau,
`
`New York.
`
`7.
`
`In the Complaint
`
`it was also
`
`alleged
`
`that
`
`the Defendant
`
`Town
`
`of Moreau
`
`negligently
`
`maintained,
`
`designed
`
`or constructed
`
`the aforementiõñed
`
`public
`
`road
`
`so that
`
`a danger0üs,
`
`defective,
`
`and/or
`
`unsafe
`
`condition
`
`was
`
`caused
`
`and/or
`
`allowed
`
`to exist.
`
`8.
`
`That
`
`I have
`
`diligently
`
`searched
`
`the files maints
`
`i ed by the Town
`
`of Moreau
`
`Clerk's
`
`Office
`
`regarding
`
`this
`
`location.
`
`I can find
`
`no prior
`
`written
`
`notice
`
`concerning
`
`defects
`
`at
`
`this
`
`location.
`
`MCCABE
`LEEANN
`Town
`of Moreau
`of Taxes
`
`Clerk
`
`and Receiver
`
`to before me this Aftd.
`Sworn
`of November
`2020.
`
`day
`
`.
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`.
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`NOTARY
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`PUBLIC
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`Notary
`Saratoga
`Commission
`
`JiLL BENNETT
`State
`of New York
`Public,
`#01BE6377939
`County
`16, 20&
`Expires
`July
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