Pitt v. Mroz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Spodek, J.), dated November 24, 2015, as denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The operator of a vehicle who becomes involved in an accident as the result of suffering a sudden medical emergency will not be chargeable with negligence as long as the emergency was unforeseen (see Serpas v Bell, 117 AD3d 712, 713 [2014]; Doran v…
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