Legal Opinion
Falcone v. Manhattan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 16, 1990PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment of Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alan Saks, J.), entered February 23, 1990, which dismissed plaintiff’s complaint at the close of plaintiff’s case, and directed that defendant recover $700 costs and disbursements, is unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff, who was stabbed in the chest by another passenger while riding a Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MABSTOA) bus, failed to demonstrate the foreseeability of the event which caused the injury. Plaintiff’s allegations respecting the bus driver’s failure to exercise reasonable care are not sufficient to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Weiner v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Marenghi v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Marenghi v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
3Cited by3 opinions
- Lee v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Katz v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Maynard v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999