Brito v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred Toker, J.), entered June 13, 1991, which, following a jury trial, awarded damages to plaintiffs Teresa Brito, guardian ad litem of Joao Brito, and Maria Carlos Brito, his wife, in the reduced sums of $5,757,904 and $725,000, respectively, unanimously reversed, without costs, on the law, and a new trial is directed.
On the afternoon of June 29, 1988, Joao Brito was found lying in a crosswalk at the corner of Bethune and Greenwich Streets in Manhattan, immediately after a bus, owned by defendant Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating…
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