Legal Opinion
Stiver v. Good & Fair Carting & Moving, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 19, 2007PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
In the dusk of the evening of August 8, 2001, plaintiff Gregory G. Stiver was driving his automobile in the eastbound center lane of a divided highway in Tonawanda. The weather was fine; traffic was moderately heavy. Without warning, the vehicle immediately ahead of him shifted abruptly into the righthand lane. When plaintiff “looked to see what [this driver] was swerving to miss and started to apply the brakes,” he saw a car stopped in the center lane, dead ahead of him. Unable to slow down or pull over into another lane in time to avoid a collision, plaintiff…
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