Beddingfield v. LaBarbera

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant Island Ford, Inc., appeals, from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Barasch, J.), dated November 15, 2001, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, the complaint is dismissed insofar as asserted against the appellant, and the action against the remaining defendants is severed.

On February 8, 1998, the defendant Anthony LaBarbera intentionally drove a vehicle owned by the…