PAREJA v. CITY OF NEW YORK


49 A.D.3d 470 (2008)

854 N.Y.S.2d 380

FATIMA PAREJA, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant, and NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY et al., Respondents.

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

Decided March 27, 2008.


Plaintiff was allegedly injured when the bus on which she was a passenger hit a pillar on White Plains Road. At trial, the bus driver testified that he swerved to avoid an oncoming car that cut in front him.

There is no evidence that the offensive summation remarks of defense counsel cited by plaintiff improperly affected the verdict (cf. Kohlmann v City of New York, 8 A.D.2d 598 [1959]). Moreover, these remarks were brief...

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