Flood v. Travelers Village Garage, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered March 9, 1978, affirmed, without costs or disbursements. Order of the same court, entered April 21, 1978, denying renewal, affirmed, without costs or disbursements. On the very factual statement in the dissent, we believe that the result reached at Special Term was correct. A factor to be considered in determining what is or is not negligence is, axiomatically, foreseeability. When a driver parks a car on an incline, it is reasonably foreseeable that a mechanical device such as a reverse gear might fail with or without human intervention,…