BRISETTE v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTH.


45 A.D.2d 960 (1974)

Viola Brisette, as Administratrix of The Estate of William Brisette, Deceased, Appellant, v. New York City Transit Authority, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

September 23, 1974


Judgment reversed, on the law, and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.

The appeal did not present questions of fact. Plaintiff's intestate died under the wheels of a subway train owned by defendant and operated by its employee, under circumstances which, it is claimed, amounted to actionable negligence on the part of the subway motorman under the doctrine of last clear chance. Plaintiff adduced proof that on January 30, 1963, at about 8:30 P.M., a...

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