{"id":3328,"date":"2022-02-07T15:01:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T20:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=3328"},"modified":"2022-02-27T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T20:48:25","slug":"new-york-court-discusses-proximate-cause-in-car-accident-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-discusses-proximate-cause-in-car-accident-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Discusses Proximate Cause in Car Accident Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In most Syracuse personal injury cases, the plaintiff will allege that the defendant acted negligently. Merely proving negligence is not sufficient to demonstrate liability, though. Instead, a plaintiff must establish that the defendant\u2019s negligence proximately caused their harm, and if they do not, their claims may fail. This was demonstrated in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/new-york\/appellate-division-second-department\/2022\/2019-03097.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling<\/a> issued by a New York court in a car accident case. If you were injured in a collision, it is smart to speak to a Syracuse personal injury lawyer to determine what evidence you must produce to recover damages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plaintiff\u2019s Accident and Allegations <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is reported that the plaintiff was riding his bicycle when he struck the side of the defendant\u2019s bus. He sustained harm in the accident and subsequently filed a personal injury lawsuit against the defendant and the driver employed by the defendant. The case proceeded to trial, after which the jury determined that the defendants were negligent, but their negligence was not a significant factor in bringing about the accident. The plaintiff then filed a motion to set aside the jury\u2019s verdict and for a judgment as a matter of law, or alternatively for a new trial. The trial court denied the motion, and the plaintiff appealed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Establishing Proximate Cause <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The appellate court ultimately denied the plaintiff\u2019s appeal. It noted that the plaintiff failed to object to the verdict as inconsistent with the evidence prior to when the jury was discharged, and therefore waived his right to object on that basis. The appellate court elaborated that, regardless, the jury\u2019s assessment that the defendants acted negligently but their negligence did not cause the collision was not against the weight of the evidence. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-discusses-proximate-cause-in-car-accident-cases\/#more-3328\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In most Syracuse personal injury cases, the plaintiff will allege that the defendant acted negligently. Merely proving negligence is not sufficient to demonstrate liability, though. Instead, a plaintiff must establish that the defendant\u2019s negligence proximately caused their harm, and if they do not, their claims may fail. This was demonstrated in a recent ruling issued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","category-uncategorized"],"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 Discusses Proximate Cause in Car Accident Cases &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 7, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In most Syracuse personal injury cases, the plaintiff will allege that the defendant acted negligently. 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