CROSLAND v. NYC TR. AUTH.


68 N.Y.2d 165 (1986)

Thelma Crosland, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of Steven Crosland, Jr., Deceased, Respondent, v. New York City Transit Authority, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided September 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Heisler, William E. Rosa, John A. Murray and C. Frances Rush for appellant.

Daniel R. Seidel for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

The question presented is whether a public carrier whose employees allegedly stood by and did nothing while one of its passengers was beaten to death by hoodlums should be immune from all civil liability. We hold that it should not, and thus affirm the order appealed from and answer the question certified in the affirmative.

Amplified by affidavits and exhibits in the record, the complaint alleged in pertinent...

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