Case Name: Robert Obey, Appellant, v. City of New York, Defendant, and New York City Transit Authority, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-04-04
Citations: 29 N.Y.3d 958
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert Obey, Appellant, v City of New York, Defendant, and New York City Transit Authority, Respondent.
Judges: Concur: Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Abdus-Salaam, Stein, Fahey and Wilson concur. Judge Garcia dissents and votes to affirm, in an opinion.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 29
Pages: 958–961

Head Matter:
[73 NE3d 850, 51 NYS3d 493]
Robert Obey, Appellant, v City of New York, Defendant, and New York City Transit Authority, Respondent.
Decided April 4, 2017
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, LLP, New York City (Brian J. Isaac of counsel), for appellant.
Lawrence Heisler, Brooklyn, for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order reversed, with costs, and case remitted to the Appellate Division, First Department, for consideration of issues raised but not determined on the appeal to that Court. Legally sufficient evidence supported the jury's finding that defendant New York City Transit Authority was negligent and that its negligence was a proximate cause of plaintiff's injury.
Concur: Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Abdus-Salaam, Stein, Fahey and Wilson concur. Judge Garcia dissents and votes to affirm, in an opinion.