PIERRE v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY


18 A.D.3d 317 (2005)

795 N.Y.S.2d 38

MAJONA PIERRE, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. CITNALTA CONSTRUCTION CORP., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

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

May 17, 2005.


Plaintiff was allegedly injured in a subway station when she slipped on steps covered with sodden newspaper. Plaintiff testified that the station was pervasively wet and that the newspaper had apparently been laid upon the steps to soak up the water. In view of this testimony and the evidence showing that the station had many water leaks and, indeed, that third-party contractor Citnalta had been retained by defendant Transit Authority to fix those leaks, there are triable...

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