Legal Opinion

Delgiudice v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 16, 2007PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Davis, J.), dated June 28, 2005, which granted the motion of the defendant Long Island Rail Road for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff allegedly was injured when the double-decker train on which she was a passenger “jerked,” causing her to fall down several steps as she was descending from the upper level to the lower level. “To establish a prima facie case of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Urquhart v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. Curley-Concepcion v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. McLeod v. County of WestchesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  2. Scott v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2024

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