A woman sued the Long Island Railroad after claiming they failed to protect her from a man who threw her off a train.
A staple can still be seen on Jennifer Summers’ scalp after she says a belligerent passenger pulled an emergency handle to open the LIRR doors and then pushed her from a moving car on her way home from work in July."We realized when the train came to a stop at one point it didn't completely line up with the platform, so we walked up a car," she said. "Within a split second his hands were around my elbows, and he pushed me off the train," Summers said.
"The mother who relies on the train to get to and from work says the MTA is more concerned about on-time performance than the safety of its passengers. Her attorney, Kenneth Mollins, filed a notice of claim on her behalf seeking $1 million."Who in their right mind would think the Long Island Rail Road would allow a train to be moving with the doors open it makes no sense," Mollins said.
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