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Blye v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 12, 1988
72 N.Y.2d 888 (N.Y. 1988)

Opinion

Argued June 2, 1988

Decided July 12, 1988

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Beatrice Shainswit, J.

Stephen R. Krawitz for appellant.

Lawrence Heisler, Albert C. Cosenza and Anthony J. Bellitto for respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs. Question certified not answered as unnecessary. In view of the undisputed evidence that a direct safe route to the bus was available to plaintiff, the bus company may not be held liable for plaintiff's injuries (see, MacKenzie v Union Ry. Co., 82 App. Div. 124, affd 178 N.Y. 638).

Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA.


Summaries of

Blye v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 12, 1988
72 N.Y.2d 888 (N.Y. 1988)
Case details for

Blye v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Case Details

Full title:MIMI BLYE, Appellant, v. MANHATTAN AND BRONX SURFACE TRANSIT OPERATING…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jul 12, 1988

Citations

72 N.Y.2d 888 (N.Y. 1988)
532 N.Y.S.2d 752
528 N.E.2d 1225

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