O'Farrell v. Inzeo

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, entered March 30, 1979, after a jury trial on the issue of liability only, unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs, and the matter remanded for a new trial. Plaintiff Peter O’Farrell testified that the weather was clear, the roadway dry and level, with a straight bend at the accident site. He was driving in heavy traffic, at 35 to 40 miles per hour, in the westbound left lane, on the Cross-Bronx Expressway, with visibility of several hundred yards, when he collided with the rear end of defendant Ralph Inzeo’s car, which was stopped at the time. He…