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RECKLESS DISREGARD STANDARD APPLIED TO COLLISION BETWEEN BICYCLE AND POLICE CAR, EVEN THOUGH THE OFFICER WAS NOT IN PURSUIT.

The Fourth Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined that the “reckless disregard” standard applied to the defendant police officer’s driving and dismissed plaintiff bicyclist’s complaint. Apparently, the officer was moving his car into an intersection, trying to get the attention of another driver to whom he wished to speak. Plaintiff bicyclist, who had the green light, collided with the officer’s car:

… [W]e note that there is no dispute that defendant officer was operating an “authorized emergency vehicle” (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 101). We reject plaintiff’s contention that, in determining whether defendant officer’s operation of the police vehicle qualifies as an “emergency operation” within the meaning of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 114-b, we should adopt the definition of “pursuit” contained in the operations manual of defendant City of Syracuse Police Department … . Likewise, it is irrelevant whether defendant officer believed he was involved in an emergency operation … . Contrary to plaintiff’s further contentions, we conclude that defendant officer’s actions constituted an “emergency operation” as contemplated by Vehicle and Traffic Law § 114-b … ; the applicable standard of liability is reckless disregard for the safety of others rather than ordinary negligence (see § 1104 [e]…); and defendants established as a matter of law that defendant officer’s conduct did not constitute the type of recklessness necessary for liability to attach … . Lacey v City of Syracuse, 2016 NY Slip Op 07794, 4th Dept 11-18-16

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