Fishman v. Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Decision Date12 May 1992
Citation79 N.Y.2d 1031,584 N.Y.S.2d 439
Parties, 594 N.E.2d 933 Lester FISHMAN, Executor of the Estate of Arthur Lesser, Deceased, Appellant, v. MANHATTAN AND BRONX SURFACE TRANSIT OPERATING AUTHORITY, Respondent.
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), order affirmed and judgment absolute ordered against appellant on the stipulation, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice George Bundy Smith at the Appellate Division (157 A.D.2d 352, 176 A.D.2d 463, 556 N.Y.S.2d 274).

WACHTLER, C.J., and SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK and BELLACOSA, JJ., concur.

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