SANTANA-LIZARDO v. NEW YORK CITY TR. AUTH.

Index No. 29700/2017. Appeal No. 11860. No. 2020-00763.

186 A.D.3d 1176 (2020)

132 N.Y.S.3d 10

2020 NY Slip Op 05164

Pedro Santana-Lizardo, Respondent, v. New York City Transit Authority et al., Appellants.

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

Decided September 29, 2020.


In this action for personal injuries arising from a fall on a public bus, defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by showing that their bus driver was presented with an emergency situation that was not of his own making when a vehicle that was double-parked on the right side of the roadway suddenly made a U-turn in front of him, and that he took reasonable and prudent action to avoid a collision (see Cangelosi v New York City...

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