Legal Opinion
Mooney v. Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 19, 1986PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Order unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and defendant’s motion granted. Memorandum: Plaintiff, after alighting from a westbound bus owned and operated by Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System, Inc. (NFT), walked in front of the stopped bus and was struck by a westbound automobile owned by Harry Dreifus and operated by Helen L. Dreifus, third-party defendants, while crossing Ridge Road (New York State Route 104) in the Town of Lewiston. In our view, Special Term erred in denying NFT’s summary judgment motion.
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