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PLAINTIFF, A PASSENGER ON A BUS WHICH VEERED OFF THE HIGHWAY IN SNOWY CONDITIONS, WAS ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined that plaintiff, a passenger on a bus which veered of the highway in snowy conditions, was entitled to summary judgment:

“‘An innocent passenger . . . who, in support of [his or] her motion for summary judgment, submits evidence that the accident resulted from the driver losing control of the vehicle, shifts the burden to the driver to come forward with an exculpatory explanation'” … . Here, the plaintiff’s affidavit and the bus driver’s admissions in a certified police accident report submitted in support of the motion … established that the bus driver lost control of the vehicle, and that the bus driver was aware of the snowy weather conditions, rendering the emergency doctrine inapplicable … . In his affidavit, the plaintiff stated that it was snowing when the bus left the bus station. Immediately before the accident, the plaintiff did not hear horns or the screeching of brakes, but did hear the bus driver state, “It’s bad.” The bus then swerved, left the roadway, and rolled over onto its passenger’s side in the center median of the highway. Additionally, the certified police accident report contains the bus driver’s statement that he lost control because of a slippery highway. Bing Kang Chen v S & F Travel, Inc., 2023 NY Slip Op 04746, Second Dept 9-27-23

Practice Point: A passenger on a bus which veers off the highway in snowy conditions is entitled to summary judgment in the absence of any evidence that something other than the snowy conditions caused the accident.

 

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