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VASTLY DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS OF THE INCIDENT PRECLUDED SUMMARY JUDGMENT, SUPREME COURT REVERSED, EXTENSIVE DISSENT (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, over a dissent, determined questions of fact precluded summary judgment. The plaintiff’s and defendants’ versions of events, which are vastly different, are explained in detail in the decision. Plaintiff, who was in the back of an ambulette with a patient in a wheelchair, alleged that the driver pulled out fast causing plaintiff to fall and causing the wheelchair to tip over onto plaintiff. The driver alleged he had fastened the wheelchair to the floor of the ambulette and made sure plaintiff was strapped into his seat. He further alleged he drove safely. The driver acknowledged that the wheelchair had tipped over backwards:

We disagree with the dissent’s statement that “defendants have failed to offer any explanation of the proximate cause of the accident.” It is plaintiff’s burden as the moving party for summary judgment to establish defendants’ negligence as a proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries. Here, defendants adequately rebutted plaintiff’s claim of negligence on their part, and thus plaintiff has failed to establish defendants’ negligence and proximate cause. If a trier of fact finds defendants’ version of events to be credible, then no liability should be imposed on them. Bajaha v Mercy Care Transp., Inc., 2019 NY Slip Op 03457, First Dept 5-2-19​

 

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