Legal Opinion
Weiner v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 18, 1982PublishedCited by 177 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Meyer, J.
The New York City Transit Authority owes no duty to protect a person on its premises from assault by a third person, absent facts establishing a special relationship between the authority and the person assaulted. That a nongovernmental common carrier would be liable under " the same factual circumstances is not determinative of the authority’s liability. Its immunity from such liability rests upon the same considerations as does the immunity of a municipality or other governmental body from liability for failure to provide adequate police protection, for the duty…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Schuster v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
- Riss v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Steitz v. City of BeaconNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Motyka v. City of AmsterdamNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
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3Cited by177 opinions
- Cuffy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- De Long v. County of ErieNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Miller v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Butler v. Acme Markets, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
- Haddock v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
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