Legal Opinion
Arumugam v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 13, 2000PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Plaintiffs commenced this action to recover damages for injuries sustained by Murugan Arumugam (plaintiff) when he was struck by a vehicle operated by David M. Smith (defendant) and owned by defendant Rigidized Metals Corp. Supreme Court properly granted plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment on the first cause of action, alleging negligence. “Although summary judgment is a drastic remedy and there is considerable reluctance to grant it in negligence actions, the motion should be granted when there is no genuine issue to be resolved…
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