Legal Opinion
Miller v. Fernan
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 22, 1988PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and defendants-respondents’ motion for summary judgment denied.
A common carrier owes a duty to an alighting passenger to stop at a place where the passenger may safely disembark and leave the area (see, Fagan v Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co., 220 NY 301, 306-307; Blye v Manhattan & Bronx Surface Tr. Operating Auth., 124 AD2d 106, 109, 111, affd 72 NY2d 888). On a review of the record, questions of fact exist as to whether respondents breached this duty, whether the breach was a proximate cause of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Blye v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Blye v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- Fagan v. . Atlantic Coast Line R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Rodriguez v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- Keener v. TiltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
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