Lynch v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
■ On the evening of November 8, 2007, the 16-year-old decedent, Phelin Lynch, and his friend were walking on or along train tracks belonging to the defendant Long Island Rail Road (hereinafter together with the defendant Metropolitan Transporta*717tion Authority the defendants). The two had recently left a party where they had been drinking alcohol. Around 10:40 p.m., the friend noticed an oncoming train and alerted the decedent that a train was coming and to “get off the tracks.” The friend then jumped off the tracks and hid in the bushes while he waited for the train to pass. The train struck…
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