Legal Opinion
Williams v. New York City Transit Authority
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided April 10, 2001Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Carol R. Edmead, J.
This is an action for damages by a pro se plaintiff who alleges that she suffered emotional distress due to offensive and racist comments made by a New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) bus driver, who accused her of attempting to avoid paying the fare for her young daughter.1 Defendant NYCTA has moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to serve a notice of claim, failure to appear for a statutory hearing (oral examination), failure to wait 30 days from the notice of claim to file a summons, and failure to state a cause of action in the complaint.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Caselli v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Brown v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Arcila v. Incorporated Village of FreeportAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Mojica v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- La Vigna v. County of WestchesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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