TORNESI v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTH.


117 A.D.2d 796 (1986)

Irene Tornesi, Respondent, v. New York City Transit Authority, Appellant

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

February 24, 1986


Judgment affirmed, with costs.

The trial court's finding that the defendant was 75% at fault in causing the injuries sustained by the plaintiff was not against the weight of the evidence. The plaintiff testified that she became caught in the closing doors of a subway car and fell to the concrete station platform, and her doctor testified that the plaintiff's displaced subcapital fracture of the femur was caused by that fall. The trial court was free to credit this...

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