Carvache v. New York City Transit Authority

— Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Norman E. Joslin, J.), entered on April 19, 1990, upon a jury verdict in favor of defendant, is unanimously reversed, on the law and facts, and the matter remanded for a new trial, without costs or disbursements.

Plaintiff, Mary Carvache, stood with her back to the door of the conductor’s compartment of car No. 9272 on a nine car train. As the train pulled out of the station, plaintiff was injured when she leaned back against the door and fell inside the compartment. The door was not secured or locked. The jury returned a verdict in favor of…