Left Turn Accident

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In Bentick v. Gatchalian, 2017 NY Slip Op 01172 (App. Div. 2d Dept. Feb. 15, 2017), an automobile accident case, the court affirmed the lower court’s decision granting plaintiff summary judgment on the issue of liability. Plaintiff and defendant collided “while the plaintiff was in the process of making a left turn from westbound Hillside Avenue…

Read More Auto-Accident Plaintiff Entitled to Summary Judgment; Evidence Demonstrated That Defendant Went Through Red LIght
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In Abboud v. Pawelec, 2016 NY Slip Op 05448 (App. Div. 1st Dept. July 7, 2016), a personal injury/car accident case, the court unanimously affirmed summary judgment for plaintiff. The court explained: Plaintiff established her entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on the issue of liability, in this action where plaintiff’s vehicle collided with the…

Read More Negligent Left Turn Results in Summary Judgment for Car Accident Plaintiff
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In Foley v. Santucci, 2016 NY Slip Op 00330 (App. Div. 2nd Dept. Jan. 20, 2016), a car accident case, the court reversed the denial of plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. It explained: [Non-party witness affidavits] demonstrated that the sole proximate cause of the subject accident was the defendant driver’s violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law §…

Read More Left Turn Without Yielding Right of Way Results in Summary Judgment for Plaintiff in Car Accident Case
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In Gomez v. Yussuf, a left-turn car accident case, the court dismissed plaintiff’s case, finding that plaintiff was the sole proximate cause of the accident. It described the accident as follows: Plaintiff was the driver of a car which hit a vehicle owned and operated by defendant at the intersection of Rockaway Boulevard and Beach 56th…

Read More Left Turn Accident Was All Plaintiff’s Fault, Court Finds
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