Legal Opinion
Kusz v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 11, 2011PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff Alfreda Kusz (hereinafter the injured plaintiff) was crossing Jackson Avenue in Queens County when she was struck by a New York City bus driven by the defendant Jose Mateo (hereinafter the defendant driver). The plaintiffs established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on the issue of liability against the defendants by demonstrating that the defendant driver failed to yield the right-of-way to the injured plaintiff, who was crossing the street within the crosswalk with the pedestrian crossing signal in her favor, after looking both ways (see Benedikt v…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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