Williams v. New York Rapid Transit Corp.

In this action for personal injury plaintiff obtained a verdict which the trial justice set aside and the complaint was dismissed. By a divided court the Appellate Division reversed and reinstated the verdict.

While plaintiff was waiting on one of defendant’s station platforms for the purpose of boarding a train, some unknown person coming in contact with another passenger, Proschold, threw him off his balance and he in turn collided with plaintiff. The force of this collision caused plaintiff to fall from the platform onto the track and she was seriously injured.

The complaint, supplemented by…