In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants Wall Realty, Inc., Eckerd Corporation, and Genovese Drug Stores, Inc., appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jacobson, J.), dated April 2, 2003, as denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
On the evening of November 22, 1998, the plaintiff tripped and fell on the sidewalk adjacent to the parking lot of a drug store located on Avenue Z in Brooklyn. The plaintiff commenced this action against, among others, the owner of the premises leased to the drug store, and the tenants in possession of the property (hereinafter the appellants). The appellants moved for summary judgment, contending that the sidewalk defect which allegedly caused the plaintiffs accident was too trivial to be actionable, and that, in any event, they could not be held liable because they had no actual or constructive notice of the defect. The Supreme Court denied the appellants’ motion, and we affirm.
As a general rule, whether a dangerous condition exists on real property so as to create liability depends on the peculiar facts and circumstances of each case, and presents a question of fact for the jury (see Pennella v 277 Bronx Riv. Rd. Owners,
The appellants additionally contend that they cannot be held liable because the accident occurred on a portion of the sidewalk which was beyond their property line, and which they did not put to a special use. However, these claims are raised for the first time on appeal, and thus, are not properly before this Court (see Russell v B & B Indus.,
