Boyd v. Trent

*302This appeal arises from a 1989 head-on automobile collision in The Town of Riverhead, involving cars driven by Wayne Boyd and Paulette Trent (see Trent v Town of Riverhead, 247 AD2d 606). Shortly before impact, then two-year-old Dana Trent, and her then four-year-old sister Rachel Trent, extricated themselves from their rear-seat mounted child-car seats. The two children then made their way to the front passenger seat, where their mother, Paulette Trent, a defendant in both actions, permitted them to remain, unrestrained. The parties are in sharp disagreement as to whether the children…