Prager v. Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

The only contention advanced by the city on this appeal is that there was insufficient evidence as a matter of law to sustain the jury finding that the outage of the traffic light at the intersection where the accident occurred was a proximate cause of the accident. We reject this contention as did the Appellate Division.

There was testimony that the traffic on Flatbush Avenue was unusually heavy at the time of the accident; that the traffic moved much more slowly when the traffic lights were…