Mejia v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered on or about June 27, 2001, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiffs cross motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability, unanimously modified, on the law, the complaint reinstated to the extent that it states a cause of action under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff Ramon Mejia was standing on a subway platform at the Times Square station awaiting the shuttle train when he was struck on the head by a falling…
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