FRANCIAS v. CITY OF NEW YORK


222 A.D.2d 215 (1995)

634 N.Y.S.2d 483

Miriam Francias, Respondent, v. City of New York, Defendant, and Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority et al., Appellants

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

December 5, 1995


In boarding a bus, instead of taking the safe direct route to the bus which stopped at the bus shelter, plaintiff, walking north, lost her footing on a broken piece of curb 17 to 19 feet south of the southern side of the shelter. Plaintiff was at the back door of the bus when it stopped, and was walking toward the front door when she fell between the back and front doors of the bus.

"A reading of the few cases dealing specifically with boarding passengers supports...

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