Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
"While negligence cases do not generally lend themselves to resolution by motion for summary judgment, such a motion will be granted where, as here, the facts clearly point to the negligence of one party without any fault or culpable conduct by the other party" (Morowitz v Naughton, 150 A.D.2d 536, 537). Here, the defendant was unquestionably responsible for causing the accident while the plaintiff was free from culpable conduct. Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability (see, Cummins v Rose, 185 A.D.2d 839).
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court did not err in granting the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment prior to the taking of the plaintiff's deposition since the plaintiff stated in an affidavit that she had no recollection of the accident. Bracken, J.P., O'Brien, Ritter, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.