Legal Opinion
Ebanks v. New York City Transit Authority
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 28, 1987PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be reversed, with costs, and a new trial granted.
Plaintiff — a securities clerk employed in downtown Manhattan — left for work on a rainy morning in March 1980, wearing a pair of soft rubber overshoes. Upon leaving the subway train at the Bowling Green Station, and in order to reach the street, he stepped onto an escalator owned, operated and maintained by defendant, the New York City Transit Authority. As the escalator ascended, plaintiff heard a rumbling sound and felt the step on which he…
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