Carter v. General Motors Corp.

Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly denied that part of the cross motion of defendant Jay’s Chevrolet (Jay’s) seeking summary judgment dismissing the claim under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 417. The statute is “ ‘primarily designed to protect the purchasers [of used motor vehicles] from being sold an improperly equipped or defective vehicle’” (Pierce v International Harvester Co., 61 AD2d 255, 260, quoting statement of Counsel and Deputy Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in support of L 1954, ch 86, 1954 NY Legis Ann, at 263-264). Although Vehicle and…