New York Court of Appeals, 1988

Blye v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Blye v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
New York Court of Appeals · Decided July 12, 1988
72 N.Y.2d 888; 532 N.Y.S.2d 752; 528 N.E.2d 1225; 1988 N.Y. LEXIS 1674
Blye v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

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Opinion

*890 OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed, with costs. Question certified not answered as unnecessary. In view of the undisputed evidence that a direct safe route to the bus was available to plaintiff, the bus company may not be held liable for plaintiff’s injuries (see, MacKenzie v Union Ry. Co., 82 App Div 124, affd 178 NY 638).

Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.

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