Legal Opinion

Bennett v. New York City Transit Authority

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

Decided February 26, 2004PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered July 26, 2002, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint, reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied, the complaint reinstated and the matter remanded for further proceedings.

On May 1, 1998, plaintiff slipped and fell on the southbound platform of the Franklin Street IRT subway station, sustaining injuries to her knee and wrists. Elaintiff filed a timely notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e, in which she stated that her fall was caused by “a slippery and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. O'Brien v. City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. Brown v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
  3. Brown v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. Hussein v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. Richard v. Town of Oyster BayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Tucker v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

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