Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York October 25, 2011 (Steinberg v. New York City Transit Authority)

This negligence action arises out of a criminal assault on plaintiff Michael Steinberg as he entered a subway station. Defendant Tareyton Williams allegedly attacked plaintiff with battery-operated reciprocating saws. He obtained the saws from a site where employees of Five Star (defendant) were performing work on the station’s public address system.

Five Star does not enjoy governmental immunity.