Weiner v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth

In Weiner v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth. (55 N.Y.2d 175 [1982]) the plaintiff was assaulted while attempting to enter an unmanned entrance to a subway station. The activities for which plaintiff sought to hold the Transit Authority liable included the absence of police surveillance at the entrance, and the failure to warn of criminal activity in the area, or to close the entrance when police protection was not available. (Weiner v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth., 55 N.Y.2d at 182.) The Court held that the Transit Authority owed no duty because the plaintiff sought to hold it liable on the limited theory that it failed to allocate police resources. (Id.)