Legal Opinion
Mazariegos v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 1, 1996PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. Greenfield, J.), entered on or about October 10, 1995, which granted plaintiff’s motion to set aside a jury verdict and ordered a new trial, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, the motion is denied, and the verdict reinstated.
Plaintiff was severely injured after he fell onto the subway tracks at the Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street station in Manhattan, and part of the first car of a southbound local train rolled over him. Plaintiff’s theory was that he had become dizzy and fell off the platform in advance of a train…
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- Brown v. TaylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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