Legal Opinion
Vespe v. Kazi
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 5, 2009PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Edgar G. Walker, J.), entered April 2, 2008, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted defendant Padilla’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against him, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff was a passenger in the second vehicle in a four-vehicle accident, in which that second vehicle rear-ended defendant Padilla’s lead vehicle, which was stopped in the right lane of a bridge due to a mechanical failure.
“[A] rear-end collision with a stopped vehicle establishes a prima facie case of negligence on the…
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