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PLAINTIFF FELL IN A POTHOLE IN THE PATH FROM THE BUS TO THE CURB, TRANSIT AUTHORITY’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department determined the defendant  New York City Transit Authority’s (NYCTA’s) motion for summary judgment in this slip and fall case was properly denied. Plaintiff was let off at a bus stop about seven or eight feet from the curb and stepped into a pothole:

NYCTA’s motion was properly denied since the record presents triable issues of fact as to whether NYCTA breached its duty as a common carrier to provide plaintiff with a safe place to board the bus … . The record shows that the bus stopped seven or eight feet from the curb adjacent to the bus stop, with a pothole, into which plaintiff fell, in the path that passengers would take walking from the sidewalk to board the bus. The fact that approximately 10 other passengers safely boarded the bus at the same time that plaintiff fell in the hole while attempting to board does not entitle NYCTA to summary judgment … . Defay v City of New York, 2019 NY Slip Op 05325, First Dept 7-2-19

 

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