Lanni v. Clark Disposal, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Morton M.Z. Lynn, J.

This is the rarest of negligence cases — a rear-end case in which the driver of the front car admits backing up and hitting the rear car.

More than that, by so backing, the defendant’s driver admits that he was going the wrong way on a one-way street.

While the defendant implies that the court should apportion the negligence, the court is at a loss to see what plaintiff reasonably could have been expected to do under the circumstances. It appears that the accident occurred solely and wholly because the defendant’s driver was violating subdivision (a) of…