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PLAINTIFF HAD NO MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE JURY WAS GIVEN THE NOSEWORTHY CHARGE, DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SET ASIDE THE VERDICT IN THIS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CASE PROPERLY DENIED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined the motion to set aside the verdict in this traffic accident case was properly denied. Plaintiff had no memory of the accident and testified about his habit or routine practice of riding his bicycle home from work. The court had given the Noseworthy jury instruction:

The plaintiff testified that, while he did not recall the accident, he did recall leaving work and getting on his bicycle with the intent of taking the route he usually took home, which route he detailed, explaining that he took the same route every day, except for when he took the bus. While that route would have had the plaintiff traveling with traffic at the time of the accident, the defendant testified, inter alia, that the plaintiff was traveling against traffic … . …

The jury could have credited the plaintiff’s testimony as to his habit or routine practice, as to which the plaintiff submitted sufficient evidence “to allow the inference of its persistence” at the time of this accident … , while also making reasonable inferences based on the defendant’s own testimony that, inter alia, the defendant failed to see that which through proper use of the driver’s senses she should have seen, for which the defendant could be found liable even if the plaintiff, as the defendant here argues, could not establish that he obeyed all the rules of the road … . Ortega v Ting, 2019 NY Slip Op 03977, Second Dept 5-22-19

 

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