New Jersey Transit parked buses. Credit: Andriy Blokhin/Adobe Stock NY's Top Court Mulls Fate of Personal Injury Claims Against NJ Transit Corp.
Katherine L. Pringle, a litigation partner in Friedman Kaplan, made the case that the New Jersey state agency could not be sued in New York.
September 10, 2024 at 05:50 PM
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Transportation
What You Need to Know
- New York's highest court examines interstate sovereign immunity, seven years after NJ bus strikes Manhattan pedestrian
- Appellate lawyer says jurisprudence of sovereign immunity was significantly altered by SCOTUS ruling in Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt, 587 U.S. ___, 139 S. Ct. 1485 (2019).
- Opposing counsel says that under that logic, NJT would be immune from suit in fatal accidents, or even NY traffic violations.
New York's top court heard arguments on Tuesday as to whether state courts can hear personal injury claims against New Jersey's public transit system, or if they're shielded by the interstate sovereign immunity doctrine.
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