If you file a lawsuit against the MTA, you may pursue compensation for: Lost wages Current and future medical costs Diminished earning potential Maintaining your household if you are disabled Decreased enjoyment of life Loss of consortium Pain and suffering Your lawyer will review your case to determine what happened. If the bus or train was not properly maintained, the New York City Transit Authority (an affiliate of the MTA), can be held liable. They can also be held liable if their hiring practices for new employees are not thorough and they hired drivers without the appropriate licenses or expired licenses, or were in some other way unfit, in a way that ought to have been known, to perform their assigned duties. Drivers or conductors may be negligent, and the MTA held liable if the drivers or conductors failed to obey, as applicable, traffic signs and lights, speed limits, or violated traffic laws or operating regulations or safe practices in some other way.