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DEFENDANT NOT ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS REAR-END COLLISION CASE, DEFENDANT STOPPED SUDDENLY ON A HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE TOP OF HIS TRUCK STRUCK AN OVERHEAD BRIDGE.

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant’s motion for summary judgment should not have been granted in this rear-end collision case. The top of defendant’s truck struck an overhead bridge and came to a sudden stop on a highway. There was evidence the truck driver was negligent for attempting to pass under the bridge in a lane which he had not used before:

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A rear-end collision with a stopped vehicle, or a vehicle slowing down, establishes a prima facie case of negligence on the part of the operator of the rear-ending vehicle, which may be rebutted if that driver can provide a non-negligent explanation for the accident … . The … defendants argue that plaintiff’s contention that a sudden, unforeseeable stop by a lead vehicle can provide such a non-negligent explanation “is contrary to this Court’s consistent holding that an allegation that the lead vehicle suddenly stopped is insufficient to rebut the presumption of negligence on the part of the rear-ending vehicle.” However, this is simply not accurate … . * * *

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… [T]he evidence suggests that plaintiff could have “reasonably expect[ed] that traffic would continue unimpeded” … , since traffic was flowing smoothly and he had no reason to foresee that [defendant’s] truck would not clear the overpass. Baez-Pena v MM Truck & Body Repair, Inc., 2017 NY Slip Op 04538, 1st Dept 6-8-17

 

NEGLIGENCE (TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, DEFENDANT NOT ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS REAR-END COLLISION CASE, DEFENDANT STOPPED SUDDENLY ON A HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE TOP OF HIS TRUCK STRUCK AN OVERHEAD BRIDGE)/TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (REAR-END COLLISION, DEFENDANT NOT ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS REAR-END COLLISION CASE, DEFENDANT STOPPED SUDDENLY ON A HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE TOP OF HIS TRUCK STRUCK AN OVERHEAD BRIDGE)/REAR-END COLLISIONS (DEFENDANT NOT ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS REAR-END COLLISION CASE, DEFENDANT STOPPED SUDDENLY ON A HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE TOP OF HIS TRUCK STRUCK AN OVERHEAD BRIDGE)

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