Frank Madonna v. American Airlines, Inc.

Frank Madonna, a Port Authority police officer, appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Patterson, ./.), granting summary judgment in favor of American Airlines on Madonna’s common law negligence claim and on his claim under section 205-e of New York’s General Municipal Law. The complaint alleged that American Airlines was negligent in maintaining a curb outside its terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, and that Madonna injured himself by falling off that curb while transporting a sick passenger from the terminal to an…