Legal Opinion
Rios v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 15, 1998PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hutcherson, J.), dated May 5, 1997, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendant, New York City Transit Authority, “owes no duty to protect a person on its premises from assault by a third person, absent facts establishing a special relationship between the authority and the person assaulted” (Weiner v Metropolitan Transp. Auth., 55 NY2d 175, 178; see, Harrell v…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Weiner v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Crosland v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Alleyne v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Harrell v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Tidd v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
3Cited by9 opinions
- Banks v. New York City Department of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Miller v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Bastien v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Frazier v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Jacobs v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
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