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Driver In Middle Car of Chain Reaction Accident Entitled to Summary Judgment

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined summary judgment should have been granted to the driver of the middle car in a chain reaction accident. The evidence demonstrated the driver had stopped behind the lead car and was propelled into the lead car when struck from behind:

In a multi-vehicle, chain reaction accident, when the operator of a vehicle that was propelled into another vehicle by a following vehicle presents evidence that he or she was able to safely bring his or her vehicle to a stop behind the lead vehicle before being struck in the rear by a following vehicle, that operator has established his or her prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law … . Thus, “[i]n chain collision accidents, the operator of the middle vehicle may establish prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that the middle vehicle was struck from behind by the rear vehicle and propelled into the lead vehicle” … . Niosi v Jones, 2015 NY Slip Op 07957, 2nd Dept 11-4-15

 

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