Sanchez v. New York City Transit Authority

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mary Ann Brigantti, J.), entered May 4, 2016, which granted defendant’s motion to set aside the jury’s verdict as against the weight of the evidence and direct that a new trial be held on the issue of liability, unanimously reversed, on the facts, without costs, and the motion denied.

In this action for personal injuries, plaintiff alleges that he fell while descending a covered and unlit exterior subway staircase owned by defendant. The jury found that defendant was negligent in its maintenance of the lighting on the staircase, that defendant’s negligence…