{"id":3614,"date":"2024-01-28T09:04:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T14:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:30:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:30:46","slug":"new-york-court-examines-liability-in-rear-end-collision-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-examines-liability-in-rear-end-collision-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Examines Liability in Rear-End Collision Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In many rear-end collisions, the second driver is at fault. In some instances, though, the first driver\u2019s actions contribute to the crash as well. As demonstrated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/courts\/AD2\/Handdowns\/2024\/Decisions\/D73404.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent<\/a> New York case, in such instances, the first driver bears the burden of proving they should not be deemed liable, and if they cannot, the claims against them will proceed to trial. If you suffered injuries in a collision, \u00a0it is in your best interest to talk to a Syracuse personal injury attorney concerning what compensation you may be able to recover.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Factual and Procedural Setting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is alleged that the plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle driven by the defendant driver, when the defendant driver\u2019s vehicle was struck in the year by a taxi driven by the defendant taxi operator and owned by the defendant taxi company. The plaintiff sustained injuries in the crash; as such, he filed a lawsuit against the defendants, seeking damages for his personal injuries. The defendant driver moved for summary judgment to dismiss the complaint and all cross-claims against him, arguing that he was not at fault for the accident. The trial court granted the defendant driver\u2019s motion, dismissing the plaintiff\u2019s complaint. The plaintiff appealed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Liability for Rear-End Collisions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The appellate court reviewed the case, emphasizing that a defendant moving for summary judgment in a negligence action must establish prima facie that they were not at fault in the accident. The defendant driver, in support of his motion, provided an affidavit stating that his vehicle had been stopped for approximately one minute due to traffic conditions when it was struck from the rear by the vehicle driven by the defendant taxi operator. The court noted that this evidence demonstrated prima facie that the defendant driver was not at fault. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-examines-liability-in-rear-end-collision-cases\/#more-3614\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many rear-end collisions, the second driver is at fault. In some instances, though, the first driver\u2019s actions contribute to the crash as well. As demonstrated in a recent New York case, in such instances, the first driver bears the burden of proving they should not be deemed liable, and if they cannot, the claims [&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-3614","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 Examines Liability in Rear-End Collision Cases &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; January 28, 2024<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In many rear-end collisions, the second driver is at fault. In some instances, though, the first driver\u2019s actions contribute to the crash as well. 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