{"id":2292,"date":"2019-02-01T10:30:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T15:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2019-02-12T20:38:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T01:38:09","slug":"new-york-court-reverses-summary-judgment-holding-that-driver-who-had-right-of-way-might-still-be-partially-at-fault-in-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-reverses-summary-judgment-holding-that-driver-who-had-right-of-way-might-still-be-partially-at-fault-in-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Reverses Summary Judgment, Holding that Driver Who Had Right-of-Way Might Still be Partially at Fault in Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, a Syracuse automobile accident case seems very simple at first. If one driver runs a stop sign and causes an accident, that driver &#8211; and only that driver &#8211; is at fault, right?<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, things are not always as they seem, especially when it comes to motor vehicle accident litigation. This is especially true when it comes to multi-car accidents and the resolution of issues pertaining to comparative negligence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/new-york\/appellate-division-fourth-department\/2018\/1022-ca-18-00008.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a>, the plaintiffs were two individuals who were injured in a multi-vehicle crash. They filed separate lawsuits naming several other drivers as defendants. One driver (and his father, who owned the vehicle he was driving when the accident occurred) filed motions for summary judgment in the plaintiffs&#8217; respective cases. As grounds, they averred that they could not be held liable for the plaintiffs&#8217; damages because the defendant driver had the right-of-way at the time of the accident. According to the defendants&#8217; view of the case, the conduct of another driver, who allegedly ran a stop sign, was the sole proximate cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-reverses-summary-judgment-holding-that-driver-who-had-right-of-way-might-still-be-partially-at-fault-in-crash\/#more-2292\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, a Syracuse automobile accident case seems very simple at first. If one driver runs a stop sign and causes an accident, that driver &#8211; and only that driver &#8211; is at fault, right? Unfortunately, things are not always as they seem, especially when it comes to motor vehicle accident litigation. This is especially true [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York Court Reverses Summary Judgment, Holding that Driver Who Had Right-of-Way Might Still be Partially at Fault in Crash &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 1, 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sometimes, a Syracuse automobile accident case seems very simple at first. 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