Legal Opinion
Aquino v. Higgins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 30, 2009PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action seeking damages for injuries he sustained while he was a passenger in a vehicle that was driven by then 19-year-old defendant Michael Higgins and was owned by his parents (hereafter, defendant parents). We conclude that Supreme Court erred in denying that part of the motion of defendant parents seeking summary judgment dismissing the fourth cause of action, and we therefore modify the order and judgment by granting in its entirety their motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint against them. Plaintiff alleged in the fourth cause of…
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