Filippazzo v. Santiago
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 plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Peter C. Patsalos, J.), dated March 9, 2000, which denied her motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the plaintiff’s motion is granted.
The defendant admitted during her examination before trial that she did not see the plaintiffs car until she was only three car lengths away, when she could not avoid colliding into the rear of the plaintiffs car.
A rear-end collision with a stopped or…
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