Giudice v. Adduci

— Mahoney, P. J.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which revoked petitioner’s license to operate a motor vehicle.

On March 24, 1989 petitioner, a licensed chauffeur, was operating a 1988 Lincoln stretch limousine on Cyprus Avenue in Queens County. As the vehicle approached a sharp curve, it skidded on wet pavement and crossed the center line striking an oncoming vehicle, the operator of which was fatally injured. The posted speed limit at the site of the accident was…