FINNEGAN v. STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT OPERATING AUTH.


251 A.D.2d 539 (1998)

674 N.Y.S.2d 734

James Finnegan, Appellant, v. Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority et al., Respondents

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

June 22, 1998


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff allegedly sustained injuries on the defendants' train platform when he slipped on a liquid that apparently leaked from a garbage can, and then cut his hand on the metal rim of the garbage can when he tried to halt his fall. The plaintiff contends that the Supreme Court erred in granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. We disagree.

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