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THERE WAS NO OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT PLAINTIFF’S ALLEGATION THAT THE CITY BUS STOPPED “VIOLENTLY,” CAUSING HER TO FALL; THE PLAINTIFF’S VERDICT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE AS AGAINST THE WEIGHT OF THE EVICENCE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the defendant Transit Authority’s motion to set aside the plaintiff’s verdict in this bus-passenger-injury case should have been granted. Plaintiff’s testimony that the bus stopped “violently,” causing her to fall, was not supported by any objective evidence:

… [V]iewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, there was no rational process by which the jury could have found for the plaintiff against the defendants. Although the plaintiff characterized the stop as “violent,” neither her testimony regarding the nature of her fall nor the circumstances surrounding the stop nor any other evidence she presented was sufficient to provide the objective support necessary to demonstrate that the movement of the bus was “unusual and violent” … . Stark v New York City Tr. Auth., 2022 NY Slip Op 01338, Second Dept 3-2-22

 

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