Spano v. County of Onondaga
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Order and judgment reversed on the law with costs and new trial granted. Memorandum: The trial court erred in deciding that plaintiff did not establish a prima facie case of negligence. The central issue at trial was whether defendant Deputy Sheriff caused decedent to lose control of his vehicle by shining a 75,000-candlepower spotlight into the rear window of the vehicle. The trial court, after reserving decision of defendant’s motion to dismiss at the close of plaintiff’s case and then granting the motion at the close of defendant’s proof, found that "there is no evidence from which it…
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