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QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER THE BUS DRIVER RESPONDED REASONABLY UPON HEARING THE SIREN OF A FIRE TRUCK APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION; PLAINTIFF, A PASSENGER, WAS INJURED WHEN THE BUS DRIVER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined there was a question of fact whether the bus driver reacted properly to an emergency. Plaintiff, a passenger, was injured when the bus suddenly braked to avoid a fire truck entering an intersection. There was a question whether the driver slowed down upon hearing the siren:

The evidence proffered in support of the defendants’ motion demonstrated, prima facie, that the operator of the bus was presented with an emergency situation, to wit, a fire truck that was entering the intersection against the traffic light, and that the operator acted as a reasonable person would under the circumstances … . However, in opposition, the plaintiff noted that the operator testified at her deposition that, as she approached the intersection, she heard a fire truck siren. Although the operator claimed she slowed down prior to reaching the intersection, the plaintiff testified at her deposition that the operator was driving “pretty fast” prior to the accident and that there was no change in speed. The operator’s alleged entry into the intersection without slowing down, after hearing sirens approaching the intersection, raised a triable issue of fact as to whether the operator was faced with an emergency situation not of her own making and whether her actions in relation thereto were reasonable … . Liang-Ying Ren v Doe, 2019 NY Slip Op 06074, Second Dept 8-7-19

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