context: While it is difficult to precisely define what, exactly, may constitute a dangerous condition, the cases that consider small holes, voids, or height deviations in walkways or roadway surfaces generally hold that such defects are not dangerous conditions as defined by the Tort Claims Act.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.parenthetical: two sidewalk cracks -- one to two inches wide, one-half inch deep, and five to six inches long -- not a dangerous condition for pedestrians
citation_a.sentence: {See, e.g., Polyard, 390 A.2d at 655-56 (three-eighths inch differential in road height not a dangerous condition for vehicular travel); McCarthy, 2001 WL 1917169, at *2 (one and one-half inch horizontal gap and one and one-quarter inch vertical height difference between concrete sidewalk slabs not a dangerous condition for pedestrians); Cordy, 975 F.Supp. at 641. (railroad track raised seven-eighths of an inch above roadway surface not a dangerous condition for bicycle riders); Mendelsohn, 2004 WL 2314819, at *4 (nail raised one-quarter inch above boardwalk surface not a dangerous condition for pedestrians); Gohel v. Sherry, No. A-1610-97T1, 1998 WL 34024178 (N.J.Super.Ct.App.Div.1998) (two sidewalk cracks — one to two inches wide, one-half inch deep, and five to six inches long — not a dangerous condition for pedestrians); see also, Ciricillo v. United States, 2005 WL 2406096, at *3 (D.N.J. Sept. 29, 2005) (“[T]he relevant case law includes many examples of minor surface defects that do not constitute dangerous conditions.”)).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 2005 WL 2406096, at *3
citation_b.parenthetical: "[T]he relevant case law includes many examples of minor surface defects that do not constitute dangerous conditions."
citation_b.sentence: {See, e.g., Polyard, 390 A.2d at 655-56 (three-eighths inch differential in road height not a dangerous condition for vehicular travel); McCarthy, 2001 WL 1917169, at *2 (one and one-half inch horizontal gap and one and one-quarter inch vertical height difference between concrete sidewalk slabs not a dangerous condition for pedestrians); Cordy, 975 F.Supp. at 641. (railroad track raised seven-eighths of an inch above roadway surface not a dangerous condition for bicycle riders); Mendelsohn, 2004 WL 2314819, at *4 (nail raised one-quarter inch above boardwalk surface not a dangerous condition for pedestrians); Gohel v. Sherry, No. A-1610-97T1, 1998 WL 34024178 (N.J.Super.Ct.App.Div.1998) (two sidewalk cracks — one to two inches wide, one-half inch deep, and five to six inches long — not a dangerous condition for pedestrians); see also, Ciricillo v. United States, 2005 WL 2406096, at *3 (D.N.J. Sept. 29, 2005) (“[T]he relevant case law includes many examples of minor surface defects that do not constitute dangerous conditions.”)).