Russell v. Cornell University

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Rumsey, J.), entered May 21, 2012 in Tompkins County, which, among other things, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Plaintiff was involved in motor vehicle collisions with deer in 2005 and 2006. Following those accidents, plaintiff received ongoing medical and chiropractic treatment for injuries to her lumbar and cervical spine. In 2007, plaintiff was sitting in her *1237parked vehicle when defendant Irene Leksutis, an employee of defendant Cornell University who was driving a vehicle owned by Cornell, rear-ended…