Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2006

Kitt v. New York City Transit Authority

Kitt v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided February 28, 2006
26 A.D.3d 301; 810 N.Y.S.2d 157
Kitt v. New York City Transit Authority

Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert D. Lippmann, J.), entered January 31, 2005, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Instead of waiting to enter the train through the doors from the crowded subway platform, plaintiff attempted to squeeze through the spring-loaded gate between the cars, and was injured in the process. The court properly found plaintiffs reckless conduct was unforeseeable and was the proximate cause of this accident (see Lassalle v New York City Tr. Auth., 11 AD3d 661 [2004]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Sullivan, Sweeny and Malone, JJ.

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