Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2009

Morales v. Hawkeye Construction, LLR

Morales v. Hawkeye Construction, LLR
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided October 27, 2009
66 A.D.3d 971; 886 N.Y.S.2d 824
Morales v. Hawkeye Construction, LLR

Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (LaMarca, J), entered May 8, 2008, as, upon re-argument, in effect, adhered to its determination in a prior order entered December 10, 2007, granting those branches of the defendants’ motion which were for summary judgment in their favor on the issues of whether the defendant driver was speeding and violated Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1151 (a) by failing to yield to the plaintiff who was walking in an intersection, and whether the plaintiff violated Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1151 (b).

Ordered that the order entered May 8, 2008, is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and, upon reargument, the order entered December 10, 2007, is vacated, and the defendants’ motion for summary judgment is denied in its entirety.

*972There are issues of fact requiring the denial of the defendants’ motion for summary judgment in its entirety. Fisher, J.E, Covello, Angiolillo and Roman, JJ., concur.

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