{"id":3496,"date":"2022-11-30T22:24:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T03:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2022-11-30T22:24:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T03:24:37","slug":"court-examines-proximate-cause-in-new-york-car-accident-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/court-examines-proximate-cause-in-new-york-car-accident-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Examines Proximate Cause in New York Car Accident Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When multi-vehicle collisions occur, there is often more than one party at fault. As such, people injured in such accidents will often name multiple parties as defendants. Simply because one defendant bears a portion of responsibility for a car crash does not mean that the other defendants cannot be deemed liable as well, as noted in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/courts\/ad2\/Handdowns\/2022\/Decisions\/D70635.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion<\/a> recently issued by a New York court in a car accident case. If you sustained injuries in a crash involving several vehicles, it is wise to confer with a Syracuse personal injury lawyer regarding your rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Facts and Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is reported that the plaintiff was driving on a New York parkway when she was involved in an accident with two other vehicles. She suffered injuries in the crash and subsequently filed a personal injury lawsuit against the drivers of the other cars. One of the defendants moved for summary judgment, asking the court to dismiss the claims against her. The court granted her motion, and the plaintiff appealed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Proximate Cause in Car Accident Cases<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On appeal, the court reversed the trial court ruling. The court explained that a defendant seeking summary judgment on a negligence claim arising out of a car crash bears the burden of proving, prima facie, that they were not at fault for the accident occurring. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/court-examines-proximate-cause-in-new-york-car-accident-cases\/#more-3496\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When multi-vehicle collisions occur, there is often more than one party at fault. As such, people injured in such accidents will often name multiple parties as defendants. Simply because one defendant bears a portion of responsibility for a car crash does not mean that the other defendants cannot be deemed liable as well, as noted [&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-3496","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>Court Examines Proximate Cause in New York Car Accident Cases &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; November 30, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When multi-vehicle collisions occur, there is often more than one party at fault. 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