Strauss v. New York City Transit Authority

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George Friedman, J.), entered on or about June 27, 2002, which, upon a jury verdict, in this action for personal injury resulting from a slip and fall on a City sidewalk adjacent to a subway entrance, inter alia, awarded plaintiff the total amount of $523,480.90 against defendant New York City Transit Authority, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The trial evidence, reasonably viewed, supported the jury’s findings that plaintiff slipped on a patch of ice within a few feet of the entrance to appellant Transit Authority’s elevated train station; that…