Romano v. 202 Corp., 305 A.D.2d 576 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003). · Go Syfert
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discussed Cited as authority (rule) Gabriel v. Great Lakes Concrete Products LLC
N.Y. App. Div. · 2017 · confidence medium
Defendants raised a triable issue of fact in opposition, however, by submitting evidence that Bonnett checked his mirror, saw that the lane was clear, and put on his signal prior to moving into the right lane, and that plaintiff was accelerating in order to pass Bonnett on the right at the time of the accident and therefore did not use reasonable care to avoid the collision (see Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Soibov v. Palmer
N.Y. App. Div. · 2013 · confidence medium
However, there can be more than one proximate cause of an accident (see Cox v Nunez, 23 AD3d 427 [2005]; Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Soibov v. Palmer
N.Y. App. Div. · 2013 · confidence medium
However, there can be more than one proximate cause of an accident (see Cox v Nunez, 23 AD3d 427 [2005]; Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Sirot v. Troiano
N.Y. App. Div. · 2009 · confidence medium
However, “a driver who lawfully enters an intersection . . . may still be found partially at fault for an accident if he or she fails to use reasonable care to avoid a collision with another vehicle in the intersection” (Siegel v Sweeney, 266 AD2d 200, 202 [1999]; see Borukhow v Cuff, 48 AD3d 726 [2008]; Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Cox v. Weil
N.Y. App. Div. · 2009 · confidence medium
However, a driver who lawfully enters an intersection with a green light must exercise rea sonable care and could still be found partially at fault for an accident if he or she fails to use reasonable care to avoid a collision with another vehicle in the intersection (see Borukhow v Cuff, 48 AD3d 726, 727 [2008]; see also Siegel v Sweeney, 266 AD2d 200, 202 [1999]; Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Browne v. Smith
N.Y. App. Div. · 2009 · confidence medium
The plaintiffs, however, raised a triable issue of fact with their submission of an expert affidavit (see Cox v Nunez, 23 AD3d 427, 428 [2005]; Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Yelder v. Walters
N.Y. App. Div. · 2009 · confidence medium
He offered no justification for his failure to brake or otherwise slow his vehicle during the “three to five” seconds that passed from the moment he first observed the plaintiffs vehicle until the moment of impact (see Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]; King v Washburn, 273 AD2d 725, 725 [2000]; compare Matt v Tricil [NY], Inc., 260 AD2d 811, 812 [1999]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Franco v. Rizzo (2×)
N.Y. App. Div. · 2009 · confidence medium
“Under the doctrine of comparative negligence, ‘a driver who lawfully enters an intersection . . . may still be found partially at fault for an accident if he or she fails to use reasonable care to avoid a collision with another vehicle in the intersection’ ” (Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003], quoting Siegel v Sweeney, 266 AD2d 200, 202 [1999]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Nevarez v. S.R.M. Management Corp.
N.Y. App. Div. · 2008 · confidence medium
Even if defendants had presented irrefutable evidence that Rodriguez had the right-of-way, they would not have been entitled to summary judgment because the record demonstrates questions of fact as to Rodriguez’s comparative negligence. “[UJnder the doctrine of comparative negligence, ‘a driver who lawfully enters an intersection . . . may still be found partially at fault for an accident if he or she fails to use reasonable care to avoid a collision with another vehicle in the intersection’ ” (Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003], quoting Siegel v Sweeney, 266 AD2d 200, 202 …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Knizeski v. Settembres Limousine, Inc.
N.Y. App. Div. · 2008 · confidence medium
Accordingly, upon reargument, the Supreme Court properly, in effect, denied the appellants’ cross motion for summary judgment (cf. Rotondi v Rao, 49 AD3d 520 [2008]; Mateiasevici v Daccordo, 34 AD3d 651, 652 [2006]; Campbell-Lopez v Cruz, 31 AD3d 475 [2006]; Cox v Nunez, 23 AD3d 427, 427 [2005]; Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Virzi v. Fraser
N.Y. App. Div. · 2008 · confidence medium
Although a stop sign governed the intersection for traffic proceeding in the direction that Virzi traveled, a triable issue of fact exists as to whether the defendant was free from negligence (see Campbell-Lopez v Cruz, 31 AD3d 475, 475-476 [2006]; Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]; Hernandez v Bestway Beer & Soda Distrib., 301 AD2d 381 [2003]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Rotondi v. Rao
N.Y. App. Div. · 2008 · confidence medium
In this case, the deposition testimony adduced from the defendant Alessandro Curatolo did not eliminate all issues of fact as to whether he was operating his vehicle in excess of the speed limit, and, if so, as to whether such conduct contributed to the accident (see Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Exime v. Williams
N.Y. App. Div. · 2007 · confidence medium
Thus, “[u]nder the doctrine of comparative negligence, ‘a driver who lawfully enters an intersection . . . may still be found partially at fault for an accident if he or she fails to use reasonable care to avoid a collision with another vehicle in the intersection’ ” (Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003], quoting Siegel v Sweeney, 266 AD2d 200, 202 [1999]; see Cox v Nunez, 23 AD3d at 427 ).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Demant v. Rochevet
N.Y. App. Div. · 2007 · confidence medium
Rochevet failed to show that he kept a proper lookout and exercised due care to avoid colliding with the plaintiff’s vehicle (see Scibelli v Hopchick, 27 AD3d 720 [2006]; Cox v Nunez, 23 AD3d 427 [2005]; Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]; cf. Millus v Milford, 289 AD2d 543 [2001]).
discussed Cited "see" Gardner v. Smith
N.Y. App. Div. · 2009 · signal: see · confidence high
The fact that [a party] allegedly ‘ran’ the stop sign would not preclude a finding that comparative negligence by [another party] contributed to the accident” (Cox v Nunez, 23 AD3d 427, 427 [2005] [citations omitted]; see Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]).
discussed Cited "see" Borukhow v. Cuff
N.Y. App. Div. · 2008 · signal: see · confidence high
Ctr., 64 NY2d 851, 852 [1985]). “[A] driver who lawfully enters an intersection . . . may still be found partially at fault for an accident if he or she fails to use reasonable care to avoid a collision with another vehicle in the intersection” (Siegel v Sweeney, 266 AD2d 200, 202 [1999]; see Romano v 202 Corp., 305 AD2d 576, 577 [2003]).
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Maria Romano
v.
202 Corp., Appellants-Respondents, and Kenneth M. Froese
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
May 19, 2003.
305 A.D.2d 576
2003 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5670
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—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants 202 Corp. and Joseph C. Cooper appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Minardo, J.), dated July 22, 2002, as granted that branch of the motion of the defendant Kenneth M. Froese which was for summary judgment dismissing the cross claim asserted against him, and the plaintiff cross-appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of the same order as granted that branch of the motion of the defendant Kenneth M. Froese which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against him.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with one bill of costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint and the cross claim insofar as asserted against the defendant Kenneth M. Froese are reinstated.

The plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle owned by the defendant 202 Corp. and operated by the defendant Joseph Cooper when it collided with a vehicle operated by the defendant Kenneth M. Froese. The accident occurred at or near an intersection. The street from which Cooper was entering the intersection was controlled by a stop sign. At an examination before trial, Froese asserted that the collision occurred because[*577] Cooper was in the intersection after “creeping through the stop sign.” Froese “[couldn’t] say” whether he applied his brakes prior to the collision. Cooper asserted that, although he was over the stop line by several feet to obtain an unobstructed view of traffic, the collision occurred because Froese, who was traveling at an excessive rate of speed, swerved into him trying to avoid another vehicle. The Supreme Court granted Froese’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and the cross claim asserted insofar as against him. We reverse.

Under the doctrine of comparative negligence, “a driver who lawfully enters an intersection * * * may still be found partially at fault for an accident if he or she fails to use reasonable care to avoid a collision with another vehicle in the intersection” (Siegel v Sweeney, 266 AD2d 200, 202 [1999]; see also Bodner v Greenwald, 296 AD2d 564 [2002]). That Cooper allegedly “ran” the stop sign would not preclude a finding, as a matter of law, that negligent conduct by Froese contributed to the accident (see Hernandez v Bestway Beer & Soda Distrib., 301 AD2d 381 [2003]; Bodner v Greenwald, 296 AD2d 564 [2002]; Batal v Associated Univs., 293 AD2d 558 [2002]). Here, there are questions of fact, inter alia, as to whether Froese used reasonable care to avoid the collision (see Hernandez v Bestway Beer & Soda Distrib., supra; Batal v Associated Univs., supra). Thus, summary judgment should have been denied. Ritter, J.P., Smith, Goldstein and H. Miller, JJ., concur.