Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2006

Pappalardi v. Jones

Pappalardi v. Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 16, 2006
29 A.D.3d 391; 813 N.Y.S.2d 904
Pappalardi v. Jones

Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered May 25, 2005, which denied plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

It cannot be said that defendant driver’s conduct was the sole proximate cause of the accident, as a matter of law, merely because his approach into the intersection was regulated by a stop sign whereas there were no traffic control devices regulating plaintiff’s approach (Hernandez v Bestway Beer & Soda Distrib., 301 AD2d 381 [2003]). The conflicting deposition testimony raises issues of fact, including whether defendant stopped for a stop sign, whether defendant driver’s vehicle was already in the intersection when plaintiff approached and whether plaintiffs view of defendant’s vehicle was obstructed. Concur—Saxe, J.P., Marlow, Sullivan, Gonzalez and Malone, JJ.

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