Legal Opinion
Coan v. Long Island Rail Road
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 20, 1998PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Lama, J.), dated December 27, 1996, which denied his motion to compel the defendants to produce reports and claims of prior accidents.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the plaintiff’s motion is granted.
The plaintiff commenced the instant action to recover damages for injuries he sustained when he fell from a Long Island Rail Road diesel train. The train allegedly accelerated suddenly as he was getting off of it. The plaintiff asserted…
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