Legal Opinion
Oppenheim v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 31, 1997PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Greenstein, J.), dated March 28, 1996, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The New York City Transit Authority "owes no duty to protect a person on its premises from assault by a third person, absent facts establishing a special relationship between the *589authority and the person assaulted” (Weiner v Metropolitan Transp. Auth., 55 NY2d 175, 178; Harrell v New York City Tr.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Weiner v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Morgan v. TelephoneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Federal Deposit Insurance v. JacobsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Alleyne v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Harrell v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Louis v. KnowlesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Diaz v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Jacobs v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016