Thomas v. New York City Transit Authority

The plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell on a wet, “slushy” step as she was exiting the front door of a bus operated by an employee of the defendant New York City Transit Authority (hereinafter the NYCTA). It is undisputed that the accident occurred during an ongoing snowstorm.

The plaintiff commenced the instant action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by her. Thereafter, the NYCTA moved, inter alia, for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it, and the Supreme Court denied that branch of the NYCTA’s motion.

Initially, we take this…