Raudzens v. New York City Transit Authority

In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., defendant New York City Transit Authority appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Vitale, J.), dated October 24,1980, which (1) granted plaintiffs’ motion to set aside a jury verdict in favor of the Transit Authority on the ground that it was contrary to the weight of the evidence, and (2) directed a new trial. Order affirmed, without costs or disbursements. This action arose from an accident in which a bus ran over a pedestrian. Plaintiffs’ theory at the bifurcated trial was that Aiga Raudzens, on…