VERNON v. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH & HOSPS. CORP.


167 A.D.2d 252 (1990)

Ivanhoe Vernon, Appellant, v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation et al., Respondents

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

November 20, 1990


Plaintiff was severely injured when he dropped onto the tracks approximately 25 feet in front of an oncoming subway train, which had been moving at approximately 10 miles per hour. Plaintiff attempted to convince the jury that he had fallen on the tracks accidentally due to an epileptic seizure, or alternately that, if he had jumped on the tracks in an attempt at suicide, the defendant Transit Authority had sufficient notice of the likelihood that he would do so. The jury...

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