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TOWN’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS SNOWPLOW TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED, PLAINTIFF DID NOT RAISE A QUESTION OF FACT ABOUT WHETHER THE SNOWPLOW OPERATOR’S ACTIONS ROSE TO THE RECKLESS DISREGARD STANDARD IN THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant town’s motion for summary judgment in this snowplow traffic accident case should have been granted. Defendant alleged the plow blade was in his lane, but there was evidence the road markings were covered with snow:

Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1103 (b) “exempts all vehicles actually engaged in work on a highway’—including [snowplows]—from the rules of the road” … . Here, defendants established as a matter of law that the snowplow was “actually engaged in work on a highway” at the time of the incident… , and plaintiff’s evidence that the plow blade was up at the time of the accident did not raise a triable issue of fact with respect thereto inasmuch as plaintiff did not dispute that Farr [the snowplow driver] was “working his run or beat at the time of the accident” … . …

At most, plaintiff established that Farr did not see plaintiff’s vehicle and that a portion of the snowplow crossed the center line of the road, which does not amount to recklessness. Moreover, plaintiff failed to submit competent evidence that Farr’s operation of the snowplow without either a “wing man” or certification to operate the snowplow without a wing man was reckless. Finally, while plaintiff and Farr provided different versions of the accident, those differences alone do not create a question of fact on the issue of reckless disregard here … . Clark v Town of Lyonsdale, 2018 NY Slip Op 07870. Fourth Dept 11-16-18

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