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Soto v. New York City Transit Auth., 37

In a case involving an 18-year-old plaintiff running on a catwalk adjacent to elevated subway train tracks who was struck by a passing train, plaintiff's reckless behavior was not of such a nature as to constitute the sole legal cause of his injuries, vitiating the duty of care of a train operator. Evidence was sufficient to support the verdict, and plaintiff's estimate of his speed at the time of the accident was admissible and sufficient to lay a proper foundation for plaintiff's accident reconstruction expert to use in forming his opinion.

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  • Decided 03/23/2006
  • Published 03/23/2006

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