Parker v. Port of New York Authority

This is an action for personal injuries, resulting from a fall on the floor of the Port Authority Bus Terminal by reason of a hole in the floor. The plaintiff, Suzanne Parker, testified the hole was two inches in length and one-fourth inch deep. Her husband testified it was three-fourths inch deep. Both measurements are estimates based on observation. Defendant’s cleaning foreman and supervisor both testified that they measured the hole with a tape measure and found it to be one sixteenth of an inch.

Plaintiff’s attorney argues that since the ruling of Loughran v. City of New York (298 N. Y.…