Lewis v. Metropolitan Transp. Authority
| Court | New York Court of Appeals |
| Writing for the Court | COOKE |
| Citation | 485 N.Y.S.2d 252,64 N.Y.2d 670 |
| Decision Date | 11 December 1984 |
| Parties | , 474 N.E.2d 612 Evelina LEWIS, Appellant, v. The METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY et al., Respondents. |
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The METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY et al., Respondents.
Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Bentley Kassal at the Appellate Division (99 A.D.2d 246, 472 N.Y.S.2d 368).
COOKE, C.J., and JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE, JJ., concur.
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...safe and adequate stairways in its stations ( see, Lewis v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth., 99 A.D.2d 246, 248, 472 N.Y.S.2d 368, affd. 64 N.Y.2d 670, 485 N.Y.S.2d 252, 474 N.E.2d Page 829 612; Serlin v. City of New York, 266 App.Div. 668, 40 N.Y.S.2d 155, affd. 291 N.Y. 595, 50 N.E.2d 1009; 17......
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In re Joint Eastern & Southern Dist. Asbestos Lit., 88 Civ. 3317 (RWS).
...646, 647, 492 N.E.2d 774, 775 (1986); Lewis v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth., 99 A.D.2d 246, 251, 472 N.Y.S.2d 368, 72 (1st Dep't), aff'd, 64 N.Y.2d 670, 485 N.Y.S.2d 252, 474 N.E.2d 612 (1984). The danger must be ascertainable through reasonable diligence by the employer. See Kennedy, 86 A.D.......
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...usually knows about it ( see Lewis v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth., 99 A.D.2d 246, 249, 472 N.Y.S.2d 368, affd. for reasons stated below 64 N.Y.2d 670, 485 N.Y.S.2d 252, 474 N.E.2d 612). But not always. It is possible, even for a reasonable person acting reasonably, to create a dangerous or d......
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...646, 647 (1986). See also Lewis v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 99 A.D.2d 246, 251, 472 N.Y. S.2d 368, 372 (1st Dep't), aff'd, 64 N.Y.2d 670, 474 N.E.2d 612, 485 N.Y.S.2d 252 (1984) ("condition must have existed for a sufficient period to afford landowner, in the exercise of reaso......
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