Opinion
9287 Index 154652/14E
05-09-2019
Sander JACOBS, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants–Respondents.
Morelli Law Firm PLLC, New York (Sara A. Mahoney of counsel), for appellant. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York (James M. Strauss of counsel), for respondents.
Morelli Law Firm PLLC, New York (Sara A. Mahoney of counsel), for appellant.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York (James M. Strauss of counsel), for respondents.
Friedman, J.P., Renwick, Kapnick, Kahn, Oing, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Kathryn E. Freed, J.), entered April 13, 2018, which granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Summary judgment was properly granted in this action where plaintiff was injured while attempting to disembark a bus from the rear emergency door. The record shows that defendants satisfied the duty of a common carrier to provide a clear, direct and safe path of egress, namely the front door of the bus (see Abraham v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J., 29 A.D.3d 345, 347, 815 N.Y.S.2d 38 [1st Dept. 2006] ; Blye v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Tr. Operating Auth., 124 A.D.2d 106, 109, 511 N.Y.S.2d 612 [1st Dept. 1987], affd 72 N.Y.2d 888, 532 N.Y.S.2d 752, 528 N.E.2d 1225 [1988] ).
We have considered plaintiff's remaining arguments and find them unavailing.