Matias v. Grose

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander W. Hunter, Jr., J.), entered April 4, 2014, which granted plaintiffs motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff was driving in the left lane of a three-lane interstate highway when her car was struck by defendants’ tractor trailer, which had been driving in the middle lane. Defendant driver testified that the accident occurred when a tractor trailer driving in front of him suddenly stopped, causing him to apply his brakes to try to avoid a rear-end collision. Defendants’ tractor trailer…