Case Name: Prabhydyal Khodai et al., Appellants, v. New York City Transit Authority, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-10-10
Citations: 176 A.D.2d 524
Docket Number: 
Parties: Prabhydyal Khodai et al., Appellants, v New York City Transit Authority, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 176
Pages: 524–525

Head Matter:
Prabhydyal Khodai et al., Appellants, v New York City Transit Authority, Respondent.

Opinion:
— Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Herbert Shapiro, J.), entered June 8, 1990, granting defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the verified complaint on the ground that defendant owed no special duty to the plaintiff, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff and his spouse sued for injuries sustained by him in an assault which occurred when he was descending subway stairs to a landing which, because of a broken light bulb, was not properly illuminated. Their claim of negligence against defendant was properly dismissed in the absence of any proof of proximate cause. Concur — Murphy, P. J., Rosenberger, Ellerin, Ross and Rubin, JJ.