Harwin v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
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…
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