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DEFENDANT ASSERTED SHE THOUGHT PLAINTIFF’S CAR WOULD GO THROUGH THE YELLOW LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION AND DEFENDANT RAN INTO THE REAR OF PLAINTIFF’S CAR WHEN IT CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP, DEFENDANT’S ASSERTION DID NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-NEGLIGENT EXPLANATION FOR THE REAR-END COLLISION, PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined defendant, in this traffic accident case, failed to raise a question of fact about a non-negligent explanation for the rear-end collision. Defendant asserted that it “appeared” the lead vehicle and plaintiff’s vehicle (behind the lead vehicle) were going to go through the yellow light at the intersection. Defendant further asserted that the lead vehicle came to a sudden stop, plaintiff’s vehicle struck the lead vehicle, and then defendant’s vehicle struck the plaintiff’s. The court held that defendant should have anticipated the sudden stop because of the yellow light:

The defendant driver’s assertion that the plaintiff’s vehicle came to a sudden stop, standing alone, was insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether there was a nonnegligent explanation for the collision between the plaintiff’s vehicle and the defendants’ vehicle … . Even if, as the defendant driver asserted, the plaintiff had come to a sudden stop at the traffic light, the defendant driver should have anticipated that the plaintiff’s vehicle might come to a stop at the intersection, especially where, according to the defendant driver’s own affidavit, the traffic light already turned yellow … . The defendant driver was under a duty to maintain a safe distance between her vehicle and the plaintiff’s vehicle, notwithstanding that it “appeared” to her that the lead vehicle and the plaintiff’s vehicle were “going to attempt to beat the light'” … . Therefore, in opposition to the plaintiff’s prima facie showing, the defendants failed to raise a triable issue of fact. Catanzaro v Edery, 2019 NY Slip Op 03762, Second Dept 5-15-19

 

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