HOTKINS v. NEW YORK CITY TR. AUTH

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Docket Number

3767.

Attorney(S)

Lippman Krasnow Kelton LLP, New York (David T. Verschell of counsel), for appellants-respondents. Ahmuty, Demers McManus, Albertson (Brendan T. Fitzpatrick of counsel), for respondent-appellant. Steve S. Efron, New York, for respondents.

Judges

David Friedman
Luis A. Gonzalez

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FRANCES HOTKINS, ET AL., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Respondents, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, ET AL., Defendants-Respondents, MAREK OLEJNICZAK, Defendant-Respondent-Appellant.

The uncontradicted evidence that defendant Olejniczak's vehicle pulled in front of the transit defendants' bus abruptly and without signaling, leaving a space of only three feet between the vehicles, and then stopped, forcing defendant bus driver to brake immediately to avoid a collision, established that the bus driver acted reasonably in an emergency situation not of his making ( see Caristo v. Sanzone, 96 N.Y.2d 172, 174; Nieves v. Manhattan Bronx Surface Tr. Oper. Auth., 31 A.D.2d 359, 360-361, lv denied 24 N.Y.2d 741), and warranted the denial of defendant Olejniczak's cross motion for summary judgment.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

FRANCES HOTKINS, ET AL., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Respondents, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, ET AL., Defendants-Respondents, MAREK OLEJNICZAK, Defendant-Respondent-Appellant.

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