Gouchie v. Gill
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs, motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying defendant Robert F. Cook’s (defendant) motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ complaints. A driver in his proper lane of travel is not required to anticipate that a car going in the opposite direction will cross over into that lane (see, Palmer v Palmer, 31 AD2d 876, 877, affd 27 NY2d 945; Gooch v Shapiro, 7 AD2d 307, affd 8 NY2d 1088). The failure of a driver, not otherwise negligent, who encounters such a car, "to avert the consequence[s] of such…
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