BURGESS v. LONG ISLAND R.R. AUTH.


172 A.D.2d 302 (1991)

Derek Burgess, Appellant, v. Long Island Railroad Authority, Respondent

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

April 16, 1991


Plaintiff seeks to recover monetary damages for personal injuries he allegedly sustained on September 2, 1988 when he fell after disembarking from a Long Island Railroad train near the Amagansett Station. Although a notice of claim was served on November 22, 1988, the summons and complaint were not served upon the Long Island Railroad Authority until October 3, 1989.

The effective statute of limitations for actions in tort against the Long Island Railroad has repeatedly...

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