La Rocca v. City of New York

— Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Flaherty, J.), entered May 23, 1983, reversed, on the law, and a new trial ordered solely on the issue of the apportionment of damages, without costs and without disbursements.

Plaintiff Salvatore La Rocca sustained severe and permanent injuries when, while riding a motorcycle in a northbound lane of the FDR Drive in the vicinity of 14th and 15th Streets, he was struck by an automobile driven by defendant Stephens. The Stephens vehicle had crossed over a removable concrete wall from the left southbound lane of the FDR Drive while maneuvering to…