{"id":3196,"date":"2021-04-21T20:07:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T00:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2021-04-21T20:07:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T00:07:52","slug":"summary-judgment-on-issue-of-bus-drivers-liability-was-erroneous-according-to-reviewing-new-york-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/summary-judgment-on-issue-of-bus-drivers-liability-was-erroneous-according-to-reviewing-new-york-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary Judgment on Issue of Bus Driver&#8217;s Liability Was Erroneous, According to Reviewing New York Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Syracuse car accident cases often come down to the question of which party (or, sometimes, which eyewitness) to believe. If one party says he was rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light and this testimony is unopposed, he or she may be granted partial summary judgment; in such a situation, a trial will only be necessary if the parties disagree on the issue of damages.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the opposing party or another witness claims that the accident happened when one party abruptly darted in front of the other and stopped unnecessarily, the case will probably proceed toward a jury trial on the question of fault. After all, one of the main duties of a jury member is to resolve factual inconsistencies by deciding who to believe when the parties disagree about what happened.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/new-york\/appellate-division-first-department\/2021\/index-no-28467-18e-appeal-no-13613-case-no-2020-00352.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a case appealed<\/a> from the Supreme Court of Bronx County, the plaintiff was a man who alleged that he was injured as a result of the negligence of the defendant bus driver. He also asserted a claim against the bus driver&#8217;s employer, most likely asserting a claim of vicarious liability (although the exact details of this portion of the case was not explained in the appeal). According to the plaintiff, the accident occurred when he was stopped at an intersection and rear-ended by the bus.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/summary-judgment-on-issue-of-bus-drivers-liability-was-erroneous-according-to-reviewing-new-york-court\/#more-3196\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syracuse car accident cases often come down to the question of which party (or, sometimes, which eyewitness) to believe. If one party says he was rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light and this testimony is unopposed, he or she may be granted partial summary judgment; in such a situation, a trial will only be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,73,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","category-personal-injury","category-truck-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Summary Judgment on Issue of Bus Driver&#039;s Liability Was Erroneous, According to Reviewing New York Court &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; April 21, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Syracuse car accident cases often come down to the question of which party (or, sometimes, which eyewitness) to believe. 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