Washington v. City of New York

*231OPINION OF THE COURT

Alan J. Saks, J.

The issue posed by the jury’s verdict in this action, one of apparently first impression, is whether CPLR 1610 (limited liability of persons jointly liable) is rendered inapplicable by virtue of the legal impossibility of full exposure to judgment of the major tortfeasor.*

This is an action for personal injuries arising out of an accident on May 8, 1988 when plaintiff Ernestine Washington was seriously injured when the vehicle in which she was a passenger struck a post supporting an elevated rapid transit line in the Bronx. The vehicle was owned by…