Legal Opinion

Garcia-Martinez v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 3, 2009PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*429Defendants established prima facie, through plaintiffs deposition testimony, that they did not breach their duty as common carriers to provide a safe place for bus passengers to disembark (see Malawer v New York City Tr. Auth., 18 AD3d 293, 294-295 [2005], affd 6 NY3d 800 [2006]; Blye v Manhattan & Bronx Surface Tr. Operating Auth., 124 AD2d 106, 109 [1987], affd 72 NY2d 888 [1988]). Plaintiff testified that she was discharged at a designated bus stop, directly in front of a cleared path, which had a patch of ice on it, leading to the sidewalk, and that she had safely exited the bus before…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Blye v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  2. Blye v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. Telfeyan v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  4. Pippo v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  5. Malawer v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  2. Ying Choy Chong v. 457 West 22nd Street Tenants Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  3. Bednark v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. Estate of Mirjani v. DeVitoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. Rios v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021

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