Goldberg v. Lee Express Cab Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Barbara R. Kapnick, J.

While plaintiff Marina Bosi Goldberg, a resident of Califor*669nia, was a pedestrian on the sidewalk in front of the New York Hilton on Sixth Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets in Manhattan on October 10, 1993, she was hit and severely injured by a taxicab which jumped the curb while attempting to exit the New York Hilton’s driveway.

Plaintiffs then commenced this personal injury action against the following defendants: (a) The Hilton Hotels Corporation (Hilton); (b) Azad Kabir, also known as Kabir Azad, the driver of the subject taxicab; (c) Lee Express…