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McMillan v. N.Y. City

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 6, 2007
38 A.D.3d 505 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 2006-04067.

March 6, 2007.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Solomon, J.), entered December 16, 2005, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Wallace D. Gossett (Lawrence Heisler and Steven Efron, New York, N.Y., of counsel), for appellant.

Sonkin, Fifer Gershon, New York, N.Y. (Howard Fifer of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Miller, J.P., Schmidt, Ritter and Angiolillo, JJ.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendant established its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, thereby shifting the burden to the plaintiff to submit admissible evidence raising a triable issue of fact ( see Ferrante v American Lung Assn., 90 NY2d 623). In opposition to the defendant's motion, the plaintiff submitted admissible evidence raising a triable issue of fact as to the size of the gap between the subway station platform and the train door where she fell and whether the existence of such a gap constituted negligence on the part of the defendant ( id.; cf. Yarde v New York City Tr. Auth., 4 AD3d 352). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendant's motion for summary judgment.


Summaries of

McMillan v. N.Y. City

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 6, 2007
38 A.D.3d 505 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

McMillan v. N.Y. City

Case Details

Full title:SANDRA McMILLAN, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant

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

Date published: Mar 6, 2007

Citations

38 A.D.3d 505 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 1840
833 N.Y.S.2d 103