Plaintiff-Pedestrian’s Acts Constituted Sole Proximate Cause

The Second Department determined defendants were entitled to summary judgment dismissing the complaint because plaintiff’s acts constituted the sole proximate cause of his injuries.  Plaintiff stepped out between two cars in an attempt to cross the street:

Under the circumstances presented here, the … defendants established their entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that the conduct of the plaintiff in crossing the street at a location other than at an intersection, while emerging from between stopped cars, was the sole proximate cause of the accident, and that [defendant] was free from fault despite the plaintiff’s allegation that she failed to avoid a collision with the plaintiff … . Balliet v North Amityville Fire Dept., 2015 NY Slip Op 07943, 2nd Dept. 11-4-15