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DEFENDANT’S ALLEGATION PLAINTIFF CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP IN THIS REAR-END COLLISION CASE DID NOT RAISE A QUESTION OF FACT ABOUT DEFENDANT’S LIABILITY; HOWEVER A QUESTION OF FACT REMAINED CONCERNING DEFENDANT’S COMPARATIVE-NEGLIGENCE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff in this rear-end collision case should have been awarded summary judgment on liability, but defendant’s comparative negligence affirmative defense properly survived dismissal. Defendant alleged that plaintiff made a sudden stop, which was not enough to raise a question of fact on defendant’s liability:

… [P]laintiff established her entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on the issue of liability through her own affidavit, which demonstrated, prima facie, that the defendant’s vehicle struck the plaintiff’s vehicle in the rear while the plaintiff’s vehicle was stopped on the LIE due to traffic conditions … . In opposition, the defendant failed to raise a triable issue of fact. The defendant’s averments in his affidavit that the plaintiff’s vehicle made a sudden stop and that the plaintiff had told the defendant after the accident that she had stopped her vehicle to allow another car merge into the lane ahead of her, do not provide a nonnegligent explanation for striking the plaintiff’s vehicle …

However, the plaintiff failed to establish her prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the defendant’s affirmative defense alleging comparative negligence on the ground that the defendant’s negligence was the sole proximate cause of the accident. The plaintiff’s affidavit failed to provide sufficient details to demonstrate, prima facie, that she was not comparatively at fault in causing the accident … . Fischetti v Simonovsky, 2024 NY Slip Op 02302, Second Dept 5-1-24

Practice Point: A defendant in a rear-end collision case will not escape summary judgment on liability by alleging plaintiff came to a sudden stop.

 

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