Legal Opinion
Rivera v. New York City Transit Authority
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 1991PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*325OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
In 1980, Milton Rivera fell from the platform of the 42nd Street and 6th Avenue Manhattan subway station onto the tracks and was struck by an arriving train. He died several hours later. His widow sued the New York City Transit Authority (TA) for damages. After a trial, the jury returned a verdict in plaintiff’s favor, apportioning fault 15% against plaintiff’s decedent and 85% against defendant TA. The Appellate Division affirmed, with two Justices dissenting, and this appeal is taken as a matter of right.
The theory of plaintiff’s case was that the subway…
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