Grant v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered January 26, 1978, in favor of the plaintiff for $1,750,000 plus costs and disbursements, in a negligence action, unanimously reversed, on the law, vacated and the case is remanded for a new trial, with $75 costs and disbursements of this appeal to abide the event. On June 8, 1973, at the Patchogue station of the Long Island Railroad, the plaintiff suffered severe permanent injuries when he fell beneath the wheels of a moving train. Plaintiff testified in substance that he purchased a ticket for a train scheduled to leave some time later that…