Van Ostberg v. Crane
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying the motion of defendant Robert T. Friedl for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against him. Friedl established that, as he was traveling northbound, the vehicle driven by plaintiffs decedent, who was traveling southbound, crossed into his lane of traffic only a second before the vehicles collided. Friedl thus established a complete defense to plaintiffs action (see, Gouchie v Gill, 198 AD2d 862, 863; see also, Whitfield v Tóense, 273…
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