INTERNAL RULE THAT BUS DRIVER MUST ASSIST PASSENGERS OFF THE BUS EXCEEDED THE STANDARD OF ORDINARY CARE AND THEREFORE COULD NOT BE THE BASIS FOR LIABILITY IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE.

The First Department determined defendant bus company’s motion for summary judgment in this slip and fall case was properly granted. Plaintiff alleged she slipped on an oily substance on the step of a bus. Plaintiff’s expert argued the handrails were inadequate, but the statutes and regulations cited related to buildings, not buses. Although the internal rules of defendant bus company required the driver to assist passengers off the bus, that rule exceeded the ordinary care standard and could not be the basis for liability. Ziman-Scheuer v Golden Touch Transp. of NY, Inc., 2017 NY Slip Op 03124, 1st Dept 4-25-17

 

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