Spells v. Lewis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
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…
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- Hernandez v. JosephAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Stoehr v. LevereAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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