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QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER SNOW PLOW DRIVER ACTED WITH RECKLESS DISREGARD IN THIS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CASE, DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendants’ motion for summary judgment in this snow plow traffic accident case should not have been granted. The snow plow driver was backing up below the crest of a hill and plaintiff was unable to brake in time when he crested the hill. The Fourth Department held that there was a question of fact whether the snow plow driver acted in reckless disregard of the safety of others in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law 1103:

Defendants failed to meet their initial burden of establishing that Marsh did not operate the snowplow with reckless disregard for the safety of others, and defendants thus were not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the complaint against them. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1103 (b) “exempts from the rules of the road all vehicles actually engaged in work on a highway”… . However, the statute does not protect snowplow drivers “from the consequences of their reckless disregard for the safety of others” (§ 1103 [b]). The operator of a snowplow acts with such “reckless disregard” when he or she ” acts in conscious disregard of a known or obvious risk that is so great as to make it highly probable that harm will follow’ ” … . The reckless disregard standard “requires a showing of more than a momentary judgment lapse” … .

Here, defendants’ submissions in support of the motion establish that Marsh had been a driver of the snowplow route for 15 years and was aware that an intersection where he could safely turn around was less than a quarter of a mile away. Despite that knowledge, Marsh drove the snowplow in reverse, in front of a hill that obscured his view of approaching traffic on a narrow, two-lane country road with a speed limit of 55 miles per hour, without first sounding his horn in warning. Marsh’s deposition testimony that he did not realize that he had collided with plaintiff’s vehicle until several seconds after the collision raises a question of fact whether he was utilizing his rear view mirrors while traveling in reverse. Chase v Marsh, 2018 NY Slip Op 04231, Fourth Dept 6-8-18

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