Robins v. Metropolitan Transit Authority

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Adams, J.), dated October 30, 2007, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

The plaintiff slipped and fell on a wet step as he was exiting the front of the defendants’ bus. According to the plaintiff, rain had fallen overnight, but had stopped about an hour before the accident. Although the…