Morris v. Green

2017 NY Slip Op 8887, 156 A.D.3d 540, 66 N.Y.S.3d 248

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: December 21, 2017
• Docket: 5256 301445/15
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Armando Montano, J.), entered on or about May 10, 2017, which denied defendant Sheila Kiffin-Innis’s (defendant) motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against her, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendant failed to make a prima facie showing of her entitlement to summary judgment because the deposition transcripts submitted with her moving papers show that there are conflicting versions as to how the accident occurred (see Castro v Rivera, 116 AD3d 517 [1st Dept 2014]; Lewis v Konan, 39 AD3d 319, 319 [1st Dept 2007]; Ramos v Rojas, 37 AD3d 291, 292 [1st Dept 2007]). Plaintiff and defendant testified that defendant’s vehicle was in the middle lane when codefendant Shelvis R. Green, Jr.’s vehicle rear-ended defendant’s vehicle. However, Mr. Green testified that he was in the middle lane, with defendant’s vehicle to his left, when defendant’s vehicle drifted into his lane and then slowed down, causing a collision (see Jeffrey v DeJesus, 116 AD3d 574, 575 [1st Dept 2014]; Figueroa v Cadbury Util. Constr. Corp., 239 AD2d 285 [1st Dept 1997]).

Concur—Tom, J.P., Friedman, Renwick, Kahn and Kern, JJ.