Legal Opinion

Chang-Lei Cheng v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 27, 1995PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., *582the plaintiff appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Baisley, J.), entered December 3, 1992, as, after a nonjury trial, dismissed the complaint insofar as it is asserted against the defendant Long Island Rail Road.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiff’s decedent, Wei Cheng, was a passenger on a Long Island Rail Road (hereinafter the LIRR) train going from New York City to Huntington. When a fire occurred in the wheels of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rivera v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
  2. Wertheim v. United States Tennis Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Monaco v. Harran's Transportation Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  2. Sweeney v. Bruckner Plaza AssociatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

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