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Kitt v. New York City Transit Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 28, 2006
26 A.D.3d 301 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

7972.

February 28, 2006.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert D. Lippmann, J.), entered January 31, 2005, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Goldstein McGowan L.L.P, New York (Steven T. Goldstein of counsel), for appellant.

Wallace D. Gossett, Brooklyn (Lawrence Heisler of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Sullivan, Sweeny and Malone, JJ.


Instead of waiting to enter the train through the doors from the crowded subway platform, plaintiff attempted to squeeze through the spring-loaded gate between the cars, and was injured in the process. The court properly found plaintiff's reckless conduct was unforeseeable and was the proximate cause of this accident ( see Lassalle v. New York City Tr. Auth., 11 AD3d 661).


Summaries of

Kitt v. New York City Transit Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 28, 2006
26 A.D.3d 301 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Kitt v. New York City Transit Authority

Case Details

Full title:EUGENE KITT, Appellant, et al., Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Feb 28, 2006

Citations

26 A.D.3d 301 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 1396
810 N.Y.S.2d 157