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Transit claims run on a 90-day Notice of Claim clock — the shortest deadline in New York injury law.
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a Notice of Claim must normally be served within 90 days of the accident; the authority may demand a hearing under § 50-h before any suit is filed; and the lawsuit itself must be started within one year and 90 days.
Late-notice applications exist but they are discretionary and far from guaranteed.
an early verdict of $1,200,000 against the New York City Transit Authority for a client with a non-surgical herniated disc, and $4,000,000 for a truck driver struck from behind by a bus who sustained a brain injury.
Common claims include sudden stops and starts that throw standing passengers, doors closing on passengers, platform gaps and falls, escalator and stairway conditions in stations, and collisions between buses and other vehicles. Transit systems have extensive camera coverage — which helps enormously, and which is retained for a limited period, so the demand to preserve it has to go out fast.
The single deadline that decides whether a transit case exists at all.
New York applies a heightened standard for these claims; the jerk must be unusual and violent.
Where a bus strikes another vehicle, ordinary negligence rules apply on top of the notice requirements.
Gaps, wet stairs, broken escalators and inadequate lighting.
Including injuries to passengers with mobility devices and Access-A-Ride claims.
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Verdicts and settlements
$7,500,000
Verdict for wrongful death, against landlord, caused by fire that spread through apartment that was without smoke detectors.
$4,000,000
For a truck driver struck in the rear by a bus sustaining a brain injury.
$1,200,000
Against the New York City Transit Authority for a non-surgical herniated disc sustained by his client.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different, and the result in any case depends on its own facts.
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