MATTER OF GRIFFITH v. STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSPORTATION OPERATING AUTHORITY


269 A.D.2d 596 (2000)

703 N.Y.S.2d 270

In the Matter of JANES GRIFFITH, Respondent, v. STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSPORTATION OPERATING AUTHORITY, Appellant. (Matter No. 1.) JANES GRIFFITH, Respondent, v. STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSPORTATION OPERATING AUTHORITY, Appellant. (Matter No. 2.)

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

Decided February 28, 2000.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the petition in Matter No. 1 is denied, the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, the motion in Matter No. 2 is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

Janes Griffith was allegedly injured when the door of a subway train owned by the Staten Island Rapid Transportation Operating Authority (hereinafter SIRTOA) closed on her arm. Griffith filed a notice of claim with the New York City Transit Authority, and...

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