Taylor v. New York City Transit Authority

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, entered November 29, 1977, in favor of plaintiffs on the issue of liability only, affirmed, without costs or disbursements. In our view, the jury properly determined that the crevice was of a size sufficiently large to "catch” plaintiff’s left heel and cause her to stumble and fall to her knees, as she testified. This crevice was located behind a metal plate, approximately seven inches in width, which covered the entire front portion of the step. Therefore, the jury was not required to find that the whole heel had to fit into the crevice. Suffice to say,…