Taylor v. New York City Transit Authority

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Knipel, J.), dated June 24, 2003, as denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell on ice on the exterior stairway of an elevated subway station. The defendant established its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, thereby shifting the burden to the defendant…