Legal Opinion
Rochford v. Long Island Rail Road
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 11, 2002PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (McCaffrey, J.), entered October 20, 2000, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff allegedly was injured when he was struck by a train, and had no recollection of the accident as a result of traumatic amnesia. Both the train engineer and an eyewitness testified at their respective depositions that the plaintiff leaned his body over the tracks as the train was…
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