Legal Opinion

Harwin v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 29, 2007PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*489Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Nicholas Figueroa, J.), entered October 25, 2006, which granted defendants’ motion to set aside the jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor and dismissed the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly set aside the verdict and dismissed the complaint on the basis that plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case of negligence against defendants in this matter, where plaintiff was injured when she was caused to fall when the subway car that she had just boarded departed the station in an allegedly sudden manner. Plaintiffs description…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Urquhart v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. Trudell v. New York Rapid Transit Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1939
  3. Golub v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cohen v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  2. Mayorga v. Nassau Inter-County Express (Nice) BusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019

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