People v. Lightfoot

*919OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward W. McCarty, III, J.

PACTS

During the early morning hours of June 17, 1989 in the course of his employment with the Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority (MSBA) the defendant, Melvin Lightfoot, drove his MSBA vehicle into the wall of the home owned by Mercellus Courtney at 354 Pennsylvania Avenue, Roosevelt, New York. As a result of the accident, Mr. Courtney sustained $19,309.98 worth of structural damages to his home and $5,955.35 to its contents. Within a month of the incident, Mr. Courtney had been fully compensated for his damages by his own insurance company, the…