Schmertzler v. Lease Plan U.S.A., Inc.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vaughan, J.), dated June 17, 2015, as granted those branches of the plaintiff’s motion which were for summary judgment on the issue of liability and dismissing their first and second affirmative defenses.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiff allegedly was injured when her vehicle was struck in the rear by the defendants’ vehicle. At the time of the accident, the plaintiff’s vehicle…