{"id":3366,"date":"2022-03-29T18:54:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T22:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2022-03-31T19:32:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T23:32:48","slug":"new-york-court-discusses-negligence-in-the-context-of-car-accident-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-discusses-negligence-in-the-context-of-car-accident-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Discusses Negligence in the Context of Car Accident Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generally, car accidents are caused by reckless driving. Thus, a person injured in a car crash will typically seek compensation from the driver they deem responsible for the collision. Defendants rarely concede their liability, but unless they can establish a non-negligent reason for an accident, they may be deemed culpable. Recently, a New York court discussed what evidence is sufficient to rebut an inference of negligence in a chain-reaction car crash <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/courts\/ad2\/Handdowns\/2022\/Decisions\/D68679.pdf\">case<\/a>. If you sustained injuries in a collision caused by another driver, you have the right to seek compensation, and it is smart to contact a Syracuse personal injury lawyer regarding your potential claims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The History of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, the plaintiff was the driver of the first car in a four-car chain-reaction collision. The defendant was operating the second car at the time of the crash. The plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the defendant, alleging he negligently caused the accident and the plaintiff\u2019s subsequent harm. The defendant moved for dismissal via summary judgment. The court granted the defendant\u2019s motion, and the plaintiff appealed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Negligence in the Context of Car Accident Cases <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In New York, a defendant seeking dismissal of a negligence claim via summary judgment must show that they were not at fault in the subject accident. The appellate court explained that an accident can have more than one proximate cause, and the party moving for summary judgment bears the burden of establishing they are not at fault as a matter of law. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-discusses-negligence-in-the-context-of-car-accident-cases\/#more-3366\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally, car accidents are caused by reckless driving. Thus, a person injured in a car crash will typically seek compensation from the driver they deem responsible for the collision. Defendants rarely concede their liability, but unless they can establish a non-negligent reason for an accident, they may be deemed culpable. Recently, a New York court [&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-3366","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 Discusses Negligence in the Context of Car Accident Cases &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; March 29, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Generally, car accidents are caused by reckless driving. 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