Gratuitous Provision of Subway Air Conditioning Exonerates Transit Authority in Personal Injury Lawsuit
In Mahautiere v. New York City Tr. Auth., the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit arising from a subway car’s failure to provide adequate air conditioning. The court held that the defendant established “that its gratuitous provision of air conditioning ‘created no justifiable reliance’ on the part of the plaintiff [citation omitted] and…
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