Scott v. Keener

Appeal (transferred to this Court by order of the Appellate Division, Second Department) from an order of the Supreme Court (Peter Patsalos, J.), entered July 10, 1991 in Orange County, which denied a motion by defendants Richard L. Gessner and Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and all cross claims against them.

*956During the early morning hours of April 20, 1989, defendant Frank A. Keener was driving a flatbed tractor-trailer fully loaded with lumber eastbound on Interstate Route 84, a major highway running east to west and consisting of two, two-lane…