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You’re on the subway platform, you get on the train, before the doors even close to
the train, the train suddenly moves and you fall to the ground and you hurt yourself.
Hi. My name is Jonathan Macri and I’m an attorney here at Parker Waichman. And I just
told you a story about someone that I represented here at Parker Waichman. And it’s a scenario
where a lot of times if you fall on a subway, you might be unclear about whether or not
you have a claim against the MTA. And the reason is because maybe you’ve been riding
the subway your entire life and you think well, the train I was on didn’t derail,
it didn’t hit another train, it didn’t fly 10 feet while the doors were still open,
but it just did something enough that was out of the ordinary that it made you fall
to the ground – possibly if you were even holding on to one of the rails that’s there
for you on the subway. Now, there are some very specific laws in New York about what
types of motions that a train has to make to qualify as something that’s out of the
ordinary. Because you know, as a subway rider, subways can be a little bit rough to ride.
But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t certain instances where a train may jut forward
unexpectedly it or it may hit the brakes when there’s really no indication that it was
going to do so. And if you fell or you’re injured as a result of that sudden or jarring
action that the train took, you might be entitled to be compensated for what happened to you
and for your injuries. Now, you’re watching this. I’m sure you have a lot of questions
about what the next steps are for you to take from here. What I’d like you’d to do is
give me a call. Again, my name is Jonathan Macri and I’m an attorney at Parker Waichman.
I want you to call the number that’s below me right now on the screen. Why? Because I
answer questions about accidents that happen on the subway and accidents that happen on
all different sorts of modes of transportation – ran by the MTA here in New York – every
day of the week. So give me a call. My name is Jonathan Macri. I really do appreciate
you taking a few moments to watch this video and I hope you have a great day.