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MAHALIA CATOR, Appellant, v. JOSE FILIPE, Respondent.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff pedestrian was crossing the street within a crosswalk with the traffic light in her favor, when she was struck by the defendant's vehicle as it was making a left turn. While the defendant failed to yield the right of way to the plaintiff in apparent violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1112 (a), the plaintiff testified at her deposition that she had not looked to her left or right while crossing the street. Under the circumstances, the plaintiff failed to meet her burden of demonstrating her prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on the issue of liability ( see Friends of Animals v Associated Fur Mfrs., 46 NY2d 1065, 1067), since a triable issue of fact exists as to her comparative negligence ( see Thoma v Ronai, 82 NY2d 736; Albert v Klein, 15 AD3d 509; Schmidt v Flickinger Co., 88 AD2d 1068).

Our holding in Hoey v City of New York ( 28 AD3d 717) is distinguishable since, in that case, the plaintiff demonstrated that he had been observing vehicles making turns at the time of the accident.

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CATOR v. FILIPE
(Jan 15, 2008)