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$1.5 MILLION VERDICT AFFIRMED, PLAINTIFF, A 72-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, WAS INJURED WHEN THE BUS SHE HAD JUST BOARDED ACCELERATED QUICKLY CAUSING HER TO FALL, INJURING HER HEAD, BACK, NERVES AND KNEE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department upheld the $1.5 million verdict in favor of plaintiff, a 72-year-old woman who alleged the bus driver accelerated quickly just after plaintiff got on the bus causing her to fall and sustain disk, nerve, knee and head injuries:

We … agree with the Supreme Court’s determination to deny that branch of the defendant’s motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that it was not liable for the plaintiff’s injuries. The evidence submitted by the defendant in support of that branch of the motion failed to eliminate triable issues of fact as to whether the movement of the bus at issue was unusual and violent … . Since the defendant did not sustain its prima facie burden, it is unnecessary to determine whether the papers submitted by the plaintiff in opposition were sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact … . …

The award of damages for past and future pain and suffering did not deviate materially from what would be reasonable compensation (see CPLR 5501[c]…). Castillo v MTA Bus Co.. 2018 NY Slip Op 05134. Second Dept 7-11-18

NEGLIGENCE (BUSES, $1.5 MILLION VERDICT AFFIRMED, PLAINTIFF, A 72-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, WAS INJURED WHEN THE BUS SHE HAD JUST BOARDED ACCELERATED QUICKLY CAUSING HER TO FALL, INJURING HER HEAD, BACK, NERVES AND KNEE (SECOND DEPT))/BUSES (NEGLIGENCE, $1.5 MILLION VERDICT AFFIRMED, PLAINTIFF, A 72-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, WAS INJURED WHEN THE BUS SHE HAD JUST BOARDED ACCELERATED QUICKLY CAUSING HER TO FALL, INJURING HER HEAD, BACK, NERVES AND KNEE (SECOND DEPT))

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