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DEFENDANT MADE A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF PLAINTIFF IN VIOLATION OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; PLAINTIFF SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED SUMMARY JUDGMENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment in this intersection traffic accident case. Defendant attempted to make a left turn in front of plaintiff’s vehicle from the middle lane, cutting off plaintiff. The court noted that a plaintiff’s comparative negligence is not a bar to summary judgment:

The accident allegedly occurred when the defendants’ vehicle attempted to make a left turn from the middle lane of Rockaway Boulevard in front of the plaintiff’s vehicle, and cut off the plaintiff’s vehicle. …

“A plaintiff in a negligence action moving for summary judgment on the issue of liability must establish, prima facie, that the defendant breached a duty owed to the plaintiff and that the defendant’s negligence was a proximate cause of the alleged injuries” … . “To be entitled to . . . summary judgment [on the issue of liability] a plaintiff does not bear the . . . burden of establishing . . . the absence of his or her own comparative fault” … . A violation of the Vehicle and Traffic Law constitutes negligence as a matter of law … .

Here, the plaintiff established his prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on the issue of liability by submitting, inter alia, his own affidavit, which demonstrated that the driver of the defendants’ vehicle was negligent in striking the plaintiff’s vehicle while attempting to make a left turn from the middle lane of traffic (see Vehicle and Traffic Law §§ 1128[a]; 1160[b …). Jaipaulsingh v Umana, 2022 NY Slip Op 05028, Second Dept 8-24-22

Practice Point: Here defendant violated the Vehicle and Traffic Law by making a left turn from the middle lane, cutting plaintiff off. Comparative negligence is not a bar to summary judgment. Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment should have been granted.

 

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