Legal Opinion
Matos v. Sanchez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 21, 2017No. 2944PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mary Ann Brigantti, J.), entered October 2, 2015, which granted plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
A rear-end collision with a stopped or stopping vehicle establishes a prima facie case of negligence on the part of the driver of the rear vehicle, and imposes a duty on the part of the operator of the moving vehicle to come forward with an adequate, nonnegligent explanation for the accident (Williams v Kadri, 112 AD3d 442, 442 [1st Dept 2013]). Plaintiff made a prima facie showing of his…
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