ALBANY (AP) - New York's top court says symbols of sidewalk defects on Big Apple Pothole and Sidewalk Protection Corp. maps failed to adequately notify New York City officials of sidewalk defects, rejecting claims from two people who tripped and fell.

In a 4-2 ruling, the Court of Appeals found that the map symbols conveyed inaccurate or no information about the actual defects. In a dissent, two judges say the marks gave the city notice "of some defect," and juries should decide whether they were adequate.

Big Apple was established by the New York Trial Lawyers Association to provide legal notice of hazards in compliance with the Pothole Law, which prohibits civil action against the city for injuries from unsafe sidewalks unless it had prior written notice of a problem.