Robert Favors v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Jun 27, 2017OUTCOME: $6,615,717.00 Awarded to Plaintiff
On November 22, 2008, Robert Favors, a 47-year-old taxi driver, was driving on the Van Wyck Expressway at JFK Airport. His car skidded on ice and rear-ended the vehicle in front of him, which had also ... collided with another car. Favors' taxi then flipped onto its side. He claimed that he suffered injuries to both knees and his back. The plaintiff alleged that the icy conditions resulted from the Port Authority using its sprinklers on 300 feet of roadway. He contended that he and the other motorists had no reason to expect icy conditions because there hadn't been any precipitation that morning. The sprinklers were also supposed to be shut down for the winter about a week earlier.
