Legal Opinion
Martinez v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 12, 2007PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alan Saks, J.), entered June 14, 2006, dismissing the complaint upon a jury verdict in defendant’s favor, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff was injured when she fell while exiting defendant’s bus. At the bifurcated trial, plaintiff maintained that defendant’s bus driver negligently closed the doors on her before she could get off the bus, and defendant’s position was that plaintiff slipped and fell while descending the stairs leading to the exit. The jury determined that defendant’s driver was negligent, but that his negligence was not a…
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