Legal Opinion
Williams v. White
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 16, 2007PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Centra, J.
The issue before us on this appeal is whether plaintiffs action against General Motors Acceptance Corporation and VAULT (defendants) was commenced prior to the effective date of 49 USC § 30106. We conclude that it was, and we thus conclude that Supreme Court erred in granting the motion of defendants seeking dismissal of the amended complaint against them as barred by that statute.
Plaintiff was injured in November 2004 while he was a passenger in a vehicle driven by defendant Kevin M. White. Although the precise nature of the relationship between defendants is…
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