Valentin v. Candy Corner, Foster Avenue Corp.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant New York City Transit Authority appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Garry, J.), entered July 3, 1997, *273which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against it in the principal sum of $150,000.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the complaint is dismissed.

On October 31, 1981, the plaintiff, while in an arcade, was accidentally shot in the back by the defendant Benjamin Wilson, a New York City Transit Authority Police Officer. Wilson was off-duty and was…