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DEFENDANT BUS DRIVER, WHO HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY, FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE FREEDOM FROM COMPARATIVE FAULT IN AN INTERSECTION ACCIDENT, SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED.

The Second Department determined defendant bus driver’s motion for summary judgment in this intersection accident case was properly denied. Although the bus driver had the right of way, she did not demonstrate freedom from comparative fault:

At the time of the collision, the defendants’ bus was in the process of making a left turn from Hillside Avenue onto Merrick Boulevard from a left turn only lane, and the plaintiff was going straight in the opposite direction on Hillside Avenue. …

A defendant moving for summary judgment in a negligence action has the burden of establishing, prima facie, that he or she was not at fault in the happening of the subject accident … . While an operator of a motor vehicle traveling with the right-of-way is entitled to assume that other drivers will obey the traffic laws requiring them to yield, the operator traveling with the right-of-way nevertheless has a duty to use reasonable care to avoid colliding with other vehicles … .

Here, the defendants failed to eliminate all triable issues of fact, including whether Coleman contributed to the happening of the accident by failing to observe the plaintiff’s vehicle as he approached the intersection … . Blair v Coleman, 2017 NY Slip Op 00143, 2nd Dept 1-11-17

NEGLIGENCE (DEFENDANT BUS DRIVER, WHO HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY, FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE FREEDOM FROM COMPARATIVE FAULT IN AN INTERSECTION ACCIDENT, SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED)/TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (DEFENDANT BUS DRIVER, WHO HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY, FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE FREEDOM FROM COMPARATIVE FAULT IN AN INTERSECTION ACCIDENT, SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED)/INTERSECTIONS (TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, DEFENDANT BUS DRIVER, WHO HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY, FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE FREEDOM FROM COMPARATIVE FAULT IN AN INTERSECTION ACCIDENT, SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED)/SUMMARY JUDGMENT (TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, DEFENDANT BUS DRIVER, WHO HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY, FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE FREEDOM FROM COMPARATIVE FAULT IN AN INTERSECTION ACCIDENT, SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED)/COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE  (TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, DEFENDANT BUS DRIVER, WHO HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY, FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE FREEDOM FROM COMPARATIVE FAULT IN AN INTERSECTION ACCIDENT, SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED)

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