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Dragunova v. Dondero

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 12, 2003
305 A.D.2d 449 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Opinion

2002-04811

Argued March 31, 2003.

May 12, 2003.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Johnson, J.), dated April 18, 2002, as, upon reargument, adhered to the prior determination in an order of the same court, dated February 14, 2002, which granted the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability.

Zawacki, Everett, Gray McLaughlin, New York, N.Y. (Daniel J. Herrera of counsel), for appellants.

Taller Wizman, P.C., Forest Hills, N.Y. (Y. David Taller of counsel), for respondent.

Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P., NANCY E. SMITH, LEO F. McGINITY, BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order dated April 18, 2002, is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, the order dated February 14, 2002, is vacated, and the motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability is denied.

Contrary to the plaintiff's contention, there are triable issues of fact as to whether the plaintiff pedestrian was comparatively negligent for, inter alia, failing to exercise due care when crossing the roadway in a place other than an intersection or a crosswalk (see Ruocco v. Mulhall, 281 A.D.2d 406; Garner v. Fox, 265 A.D.2d 525; Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1152[a]; see generally Thoma v. Ronai, 189 A.D.2d 635, affd 82 N.Y.2d 736), and whether the defendant motorist exercised due care to avoid the accident (see Garner v. Fox, supra; Finkel v. Benoit, 211 A.D.2d 749; Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1146).

ALTMAN, J.P., SMITH, McGINITY and COZIER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Dragunova v. Dondero

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 12, 2003
305 A.D.2d 449 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
Case details for

Dragunova v. Dondero

Case Details

Full title:JULIE DRAGUNOVA, respondent, v. DONNA DONDERO, ET AL., appellants

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: May 12, 2003

Citations

305 A.D.2d 449 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
758 N.Y.S.2d 819

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