Ausderan v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Salvador Collazo, J.), entered on or about June 21, 1994, which *563denied defendant New York City Transit Authority’s motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
A common carrier "is under a duty to provide a prospective passenger with a reasonably safe, direct entrance onto the vehicle, clear of any dangerous obstruction or defect which would impede that entrance” (Blye v Manhattan & Bronx Surface Tr. Operating Auth., 124 AD2d 106, 111, affd 72 NY2d 888). A breach of this duty can depend on whether the carrier did anything to "compel…
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- MacKenzie v. . Union Railway Company of New York CityNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Giaccotto v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Supreme Court · 1990
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