Kasper v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority Long Island Bus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*999A common carrier owes a duty to a passenger to provide a reasonably safe place to board and disembark its vehicle (see PJI 2:166; Smith v Sherwood, 16 NY3d 130, 133 [2011]; Dobrowolski v City of New York, 29 AD3d 937 [2006]). To a disabled passenger, a common carrier has a duty to use such additional care or to render such aid for his or her safety and welfare as is reasonably required by the passenger’s disability and the existing circumstances, provided that the common carrier’s employees knew or should reasonably have known of the passenger’s disability (see PJI 2:162; Kelleher v F.M.E.…
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