Legal Opinion

Spells v. Lewis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 1, 1993PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability. It is undisputed that defendant Walter J. Lewis turned left into plaintiff’s vehicle as it approached from the opposite direction. *889The proof establishes that "defendant was negligent in either failing to see that which under the facts or circumstances he should have seen, or in trying to cross in front of the plaintiff when it was hazardous to do so” (Hernandez v Joseph, 143 AD2d 632; see also, Burns v Mastroianni, 173 AD2d 754; Lester v…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kiernan v. EdwardsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  2. Lester v. JolicofurAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  3. Burns v. MastroianniAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. Hernandez v. JosephAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  5. Stoehr v. LevereAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Smalley v. McCarthyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. Green v. MowerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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