LOMTEVAS v. CITY OF NEW YORK

450869/18. Appeal No. 14828. Case No. 2020-02926.

200 A.D.3d 524 (2021)

155 N.Y.S.3d 315

2021 NY Slip Op 06953

Vera A. Lomtevas, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Daniel Lomtevas, Deceased, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Defendants, and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Respondent.

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

Decided December 14, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vera A. Lomtevas, appellant pro se.

The Port Authority Law Department, New York ( Karla Denalli of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Kern, J.P., Kennedy, Scarpulla, Mendez, Shulman, JJ.


Plaintiff's decedent died by suicide when he jumped from the George Washington Bridge (GWB), which is owned and operated by the Port Authority. Contrary to the Port Authority's contention that the complaint is addressed to actions taken in its governmental capacity, both this Court and the Second Department have recently held, in cases involving similar facts, that the Port Authority's responsibility for maintaining the guardrail on the pedestrian walkway over the Bridge...

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