Legal Opinion
De Leon v. New York City Transit Authority
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 29, 1980PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gabrielli, J.
On August 17, 1970, the infant plaintiff, Jose De Leon, was seriously injured when he slipped and fell between two moving subway cars while riding on a train operated by defendant, the New York City Transit Authority. Alleging that the accident had been caused by defendant’s negligence in operating the subway train, Jose’s mother subsequently brought an action against the Transit Authority on behalf of herself and the infant plaintiff. At trial, the Transit Authority sought to take advantage of the immunity from tort liability conferred by section 83 of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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