Legal Opinion

Pfleshinger v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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

Decided March 10, 2016No. 464 307887/10PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barry Salman, J.), entered on or about April 8, 2015, which denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.

Defendants established entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, in this action where plaintiff alleges that she was injured when, while standing and riding on defendants’ bus, the bus stopped suddenly causing her to fall and strike her head. Defendants submitted evidence showing that the bus was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Urquhart v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. Gioulis v. MTA Bus Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. Tallant v. Grey Line New York Tours, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Patterson v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  2. Atterbury v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020

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