Legal Opinion

Taylor v. New York City Transit Authority

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 11, 1979PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

In view of the affirmed factual findings, our only inquiry is whether there exists support in the record for the jury’s verdict. The jury could have found that, whenever taken, the photographs introduced by plaintiff were a fair and accurate representation of the condition of the penultimate step on the stairway as of the time of the occurrence. From their depictions and the testimony of plaintiff and her daughter, the jury was presented with a question of fact from which it was also entitled to conclude…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Blake v. City of AlbanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Batton v. ElghanayanNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  3. Guaspari v. GorskyNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
  4. Pagnella v. Action for a Better Community, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
  5. Gross v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. Amabile v. City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. Hutchinson v. Sheridan Hill House Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 2015
  3. James Sinclair v. Long Island RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
  4. Farrar v. TeicholzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  5. Cuevas v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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