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WHETHER THE DEFENDANT FIRST STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN OR DROVE THROUGH THE STOP SIGN DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE EITHER WAY THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW WAS VIOLATED; PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO SET ASIDE THE DEFENSE VERDICT IN THIS INTERSECTION TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the motion for a judgment as a matter of law (CPLR 4401) was properly denied, but the motion to set aside the defense verdict in this intersection traffic accident case (CPLR 4404 (a)) should have been granted. Defendant violated the Vehicle and Traffic Law by proceeding into the intersection on a road controlled by a stop sign. Whether defendant first stopped at the stop sign or went through the stop sign doesn’t matter:

… [T]he Supreme Court should have granted the plaintiff’s motion pursuant to CPLR 4404(a) to set aside the jury verdict as contrary to the weight of the evidence and for a new trial. The evidence established that the defendant violated Vehicle and Traffic Law §§ 1142(a) and 1172(a) … . The defendant’s statutory duty to yield to the plaintiff continued even after the defendant entered the intersection. Such statutory violations constitute negligence as a matter of law and could not properly be disregarded by the jury … . Accordingly, the jury could not have returned a verdict that the defendant was not negligent on any fair interpretation of the evidence … . Ramirez v Cruse, 2020 NY Slip Op 04334, Second Dept 7-29-20

 

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