FURMAN-RAWLINGS v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY


61 A.D.3d 478 (2009)

877 N.Y.S.2d 40

PATRICIA FURMAN-RAWLINGS, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant.

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

Decided April 14, 2009.


Plaintiff sustained an electric shock when she stepped on an electric cord where it was plugged into a surge protector at office space owned by defendant. This negligence action is based on the premise that defendant's failure to provide adequate lighting required plaintiff and her coworkers to resort to lamps which they plugged into outlets and surge protectors throughout the office. Plaintiff has failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to the existence of a causal connection...

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