Matias v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered July 20, 2001, which granted defendant New York City Transit Authority’s (NYCTA) and Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority’s (MABSTOA) motion for summary judgment, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the claims against these defendants reinstated.

Plaintiff slipped at a bus stop on a cracked curb which abutted a large, uneven mound of asphalt. The asphalt had accumulated to a level higher than the sidewalk, and was pressing against the curb where she fell. Plaintiff sued the City, NYCTA and…