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Wilson v. N.Y. City Transit Auth

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 29, 2009
66 A.D.3d 602 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)

Opinion

No. 1325.

October 29, 2009.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Donna M. Mills, J.), entered April 9, 2008, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Andrew F. Plasse, New York, for appellant.

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

Before: Sweeny, J.P., Buckley, DeGrasse, Freedman and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.


In opposition to defendant's prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, plaintiff offered nothing more than belated speculation that her trip and fall was caused by overcrowded conditions on the stairway to the subway. Plaintiff, who repeatedly denied knowing the reason for her fall, failed to present any evidence that defendant's negligence had caused her injuries ( see Daniarov v New York City Tr. Auth., 62 AD3d 480; Rudner v New York Presbyt. Hosp., 42 AD3d 357). The assertion that overcrowded conditions formed the basis of liability was not articulated in her notice of claim, thereby precluding her from raising this new theory in opposition to the motion for summary judgment ( see Sutin v Manhattan Bronx Surface Tr. Operating Auth., 54 AD3d 616).


Summaries of

Wilson v. N.Y. City Transit Auth

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 29, 2009
66 A.D.3d 602 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
Case details for

Wilson v. N.Y. City Transit Auth

Case Details

Full title:RUBY WILSON, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Respondent

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

Date published: Oct 29, 2009

Citations

66 A.D.3d 602 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 7755
888 N.Y.S.2d 476

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