Legal Opinion

Zummo v. Holmes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 18, 2008PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Plaintiff made a prima facie showing of entitlement to summary judgment on the issue of liability. Plaintiff was driving in the right lane when defendant Holmes, who was driving a tractor trailer in the lane to plaintiffs left, attempted to merge into plaintiffs lane when his lane ended, at which point the tractor trailer struck plaintiffs vehicle (see Williams v New York City Tr. Auth., 37 AD3d 827 [2007]; Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1128 [a]). In opposition, defendants failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to comparative negligence on the part of plaintiff (see Neryaev v Solon, 6 AD3d…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Neryaev v. SolonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  2. Williams v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Guerrero v. MillaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  2. Davis v. TurnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. Steigelman v. Transervice Lease Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  4. Cascante v. KakayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  5. Coaker v. MuletAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016

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