Katzman v. New York City Transit Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Katzman v. New York City Transit Authority

174 A.D.2d 607, 571 N.Y.S.2d 93, 1991 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9170

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJune 10, 1991

StatusPublished

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Katzman v. New York City Transit Authority, 174 A.D.2d 607, 571 N.Y.S.2d 93, 1991 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9170 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1991).

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—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Garry, J.), entered September 20, 1990, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injuries suffered as the result of an assault that occurred on a bus of the defendant Transit Authority driven by the defendant Paulette Anderson. The plaintiff had felt another passenger trying to take his wallet, and when he protested, the other individual began to hit him. The bus travelled for approximately one and one-half blocks before Anderson was able to reach a telephone to call the police.

Contrary to the plaintiffs contention, we find that the defendants were properly granted summary judgment. Even if we were to adopt the plaintiffs argument that a special relationship existed between the defendants and himself (see generally, Cuffy v City of New York, 69 NY2d 255, 260), that relationship merely established the existence of a duty of reasonable care which the plaintiff was required to show was violated (see, Rabadi v County of Westchester, 160 AD2d 858; Axon v New York City Tr. Auth., 120 AD2d 475). The plaintiff failed to show any lack of reasonable care on the part of the defendants (see, Weiner v Metropolitan Transp. Auth., 55 NY2d 175; cf., Crosland v New York City Tr. Auth., 68 NY2d 165). Mangano, P. J., Kooper, Harwood and Balletta, JJ., concur.

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—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Garry, J.), entered September 20, 1990, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injuries suffered as the result of an assault that occurred on a bus of the defendant Transit Authority driven by the defendant Paulette Anderson. The plaintiff had felt another passenger trying to take his wallet, and when he protested, the other individual began to hit him. The bus travelled for approximately one and one-half blocks before Anderson was able to reach a telephone to call the police.

Contrary to the plaintiffs contention, we find that the defendants were properly granted summary judgment. Even if we were to adopt the plaintiffs argument that a special relationship existed between the defendants and himself (see generally, Cuffy v City of New York, 69 NY2d 255, 260), that relationship merely established the existence of a duty of reasonable care which the plaintiff was required to show was violated (see, Rabadi v County of Westchester, 160 AD2d 858; Axon v New York City Tr. Auth., 120 AD2d 475). The plaintiff failed to show any lack of reasonable care on the part of the defendants (see, Weiner v Metropolitan Transp. Auth., 55 NY2d 175; cf., Crosland v New York City Tr. Auth., 68 NY2d 165). Mangano, P. J., Kooper, Harwood and Balletta, JJ., concur.

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