Jhonson v. Hickson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff’s intestate was killed as the result of a 1969 motor vehicle accident on the New York State Thruway. Defendant Threatt, in whose vehicle decedent was a passenger, stopped to aid defendant Gadson whose car had a flat tire and was stopped in the extreme left-hand lane of three lanes of pavement. A third car, operated by defendant Hickson and owned by Humble Leasing Co., struck the rear of the Gadson vehicle propelling it forward and upon decedent. The car driven by Hickson rebounded into…