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CHEGE v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY

302 A.D.2d 283 (2003)

756 N.Y.S.2d 162

JOHN N. CHEGE, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant.

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

Decided February 20, 2003.

A prima facie case of negligence was made out by plaintiff's testimony that he was thrown down when the escalator suddenly stopped, and that twice within the week prior to the accident he told defendant's token booth clerk that the same escalator had "jerked." We reject defendant's argument that the absence of expert testimony connecting the jerks that plaintiff had previously experienced to the sudden stop renders plaintiff's...

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