A personal injury litigant who swung for the fences in an attempt to remake the law on sidewalk liability struck out in a recent state appeals court decision, but appears poised to give it another try.
The suit raised the issue of whether a residential property owner may be held liable for an injury sustained on an abutting public sidewalk—a question that the New Jersey Supreme Court has answered in the negative going back decades, despite some opportunities to change course in recent years.
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