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TURNER v. NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSP. AUTHORITY

No. CIV-87-397C.

748 F.Supp. 80 (1990)

Emmett L. TURNER, Plaintiff, v. NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY and City of Buffalo, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. New York.

October 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weissfeld, Weissfeld & Weissfeld (Richard Weissfeld, of counsel), Buffalo, N.Y., for plaintiff.

Hagerty & Hagerty (Thomas V. Hagerty, of counsel), Buffalo, N.Y., for defendant Niagara Frontier Transp. Authority.

Harrison & Gruber (John Gruber, of counsel), Buffalo, N.Y., for defendant City of Buffalo.

FACTS

CURTIN, District Judge.

On June 3, 1986, at about 9:00 p.m., plaintiff Emmett L. Turner was involved in an accident on the vessel "Samuel Wilkeson" wherein he tripped over a rope on the deck and fell through an open hatch of the engine compartment, sustaining serious permanent injuries resulting in quadriplegia. At the time of the accident, Mr. Turner was employed by the defendant Niagara Frontier Transportation...

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