VILLAR v. MTA BUS COMPANY

2010-05855.

80 A.D.3d 602 (2011)

914 N.Y.S.2d 314

CARMEN R. VILLAR, Appellant, v. MTA BUS COMPANY et al., Respondents.

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

Decided January 11, 2011.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

While the plaintiff was a passenger on an M15 express bus in Queens, she allegedly sustained injuries when she was thrown into the seat in front of her after the bus stopped suddenly to avoid a collision with a car which had cut into its lane. The bus was owned by the defendant MTA Bus Company and operated by the defendant Tze M. Cheng.

Pursuant to the emergency doctrine, "when an actor is faced with a sudden...

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