Green v. Zarella
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mitchell J. Danziger, J.), entered October 19, 2015, which denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment dismissing the complaint.
Defendants demonstrated that defendant police officer was engaged in an “emergency operation” within the meaning of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1104, by submitting evidence that the officer was responding to a radio call about a “man with a gun” when her police vehicle struck plaintiff (see…
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