Legal Opinion

Mendez v. City of New York

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

Decided October 1, 2013PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Geoffrey D. Wright, J.), entered on or about July 18, 2012, which, in an action for personal injuries arising out of a motor vehicle accident, granted defendant Carlos Brizuela’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and all cross claims as against him, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court providently exercised its discretion in determining that it could consider the emergency doctrine affirmative defense. Although the defense was not pleaded by defend*422dant Brizuela in his answer, the deposition testimony set forth facts…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Rivera v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. Bello v. Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  3. Vitale v. LevineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  4. Coleman v. MaclasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  5. Dattilo v. Best Transportation Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Lopez v. Morel-UllaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  2. Savinon v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. Cropper v. StewartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. Cropper v. StewartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  5. Fatumata B. v. Pioneer Transportation Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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