Vescio v. Silverman

This is a motion by plaintiff for summary • judgment. The action arises out of an accident which occurred on November 11, 1958. The plaintiff was crossing 101st Avenue near Waltham Street, from north to south, when he was struck by defendant’s motor vehicle traveling the wrong way on a one-way street, which defendant admits.

Upon the undisputed facts submitted, the defendant was clearly negligent, and the plaintiff was in no way contributorily *877negligent. A pedestrian is under no duty to look for motor vehicles traveling in the wrong direction on a one-way street (see Bradley v. Jaeckel, 65…