Legal Opinion
Poveromo v. Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 18, 1997PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered on or about June 12, 1996, which, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff police officer alleges that the negligence of a fellow officer who was driving a leased police vehicle in which plaintiff was a passenger caused the vehicle to go over a metal bumper and become airborne, resulting in injury to plaintiff upon impact with the ground. At the time of the accident plaintiff was en route to inspect a building, performing his duty as a member of the…
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