Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 1135. Attorney(S) Wallace D. Gossett, Brooklyn (Lawrence Heisler of counsel), for Law Offices of Stuart M. Rissoff, Garden City (William R. Cohen of counsel), for Judges Angela M. Mazzarelli David Friedman Dianne T. Renwick See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. LUIS BATISTA, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant. The assertion of plaintiffs expert that there were defects in the staircase on which plaintiff fell is insufficient to raise an issue of fact as to proximate cause, because there is no evidence connecting plaintiffs fall to those defects ( Kane v Estia Greek Rest., 4 AD3d 189; see also Telfeyan v City of New York, 40 AD3d 372).