Ellison v. New York City Transit Authority

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Andrew Tyler, J.), entered on October 15,1982, following a nonjury trial, which found in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $750,000, plus interest, costs and disbursements, is affirmed, without costs and disbursements. According to the trial testimony of Stephen Randolph, an independent eyewitness to the incident which is the basis for the instant action, he had just disembarked from a southbound subway train when he observed plaintiff’s decedent, Joseph Eastman, on the platform. Eastman was staggering and mumbled something indistinguishable…