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STANLEY PYTEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE NEW JERSEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants-Respondents.

The record supports the court's finding that the adult plaintiff's conduct in becoming intoxicated, ignoring "no trespassing" signs, jumping four or five feet from the train platform to enter a darkened recess under the platform, and going to sleep there, approximately one foot away from railroad tracks that plaintiff believed to be active, was so reckless as to constitute the sole legal cause of his injuries (see, Olsen v. Town of Richfield, 81 N.Y.2d 1024; see also, de Pea v. New York City Tr. Auth., 236 A.D.2d 209, 210, lv denied 90 N.Y.2d 808).

Moreover, there is no support for plaintiff's claim that the train that struck him was negligently operated.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

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PYTEL v. NEW JERSEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY
(Dec 21, 1999)