Legal Opinion
Bressler v. New York Rapid Transit Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 8, 1938PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Crane, Ch. J.
On April 2, 1930, the plaintiff, Regina N. Bressler, was a passenger upon the Brighton Beach line of the defendant’s subway system. During the running of the train, and while she was sitting quietly in her seat, a pane of glass broke or shattered, a piece piercing her eye, destroying her sight. For a violation of that duty of care and caution which the railroad owed to her as a passenger, she brought this suit against it for negligence and has recovered a verdict of $15,000.
These facts in themselves made out a prima facie case of negligence, which means that in the absence of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bressler v. New York Rapid Transit Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1936
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