Joplin v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Larry S. Schachner, J.), entered January 15, 2013, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendants’ motion to renew plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability and, upon renewal, denied plaintiffs motion, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion to renew denied.

In its prior order, the court granted plaintiffs motion based on the undisputed evidence that plaintiffs car was stopped at an intersection when it was hit in the rear by defendants’ vehicle. Defendants’ motion for renewal should have been…