Case Name: Morris Engel, Respondent, v. Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation, Appellant, and The City of New York, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-10-29
Citations: 252 A.D. 792
Docket Number: 
Parties: Morris Engel, Respondent, v. Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation, Appellant, and The City of New York, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 252
Pages: 792–792

Head Matter:
Morris Engel, Respondent, v. Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation, Appellant, and The City of New York, Defendant.

Opinion:
Defendant railroad company appeals from a judgment, entered upon a verdict of a jury, in favor of the plaintiff for damages for personal injuries sustained by him, a passenger in defendant's trolley car, through his stepping from that car into a depression in the street, the edge of which nearest the track was not less than twenty-four nor more than twenty-five inches from the outside rail thereof. Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. Although respondent failed to show appellant's alleged negligence, based upon the latter's claimed failure to perform the duty imposed by Railroad Law, section 178, nevertheless the evidence presented a question of fact for the jury as to appellant's alleged negligence in failing to furnish to the plaintiff, its passenger, a reasonably safe place to alight. The verdict finds ample support in the evidence. The record discloses no errors on the part of the trial justice. Present — Hagarty, Carswell, Davis, Adel and Taylor, JJ.