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Rivera v. Paz

250 A.D.2d 534 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1998-05-26 English

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Antonio Rivera et al., Respondents, v Telma A. Paz, Defendant, and Nebosha Z. Kirilov, Appellant.
[672 NYS2d 704]

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barry Salman, J.), entered on or about December 18, 1997, which denied defendant-appellant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against him, unanimously affirmed, without costs. .

Considering all of the factors pertinent to the question of whether defendant-appellant had a reasonable opportunity under the circumstances to avoid the subject accident (see, Carson v De Lorenzo, 238 AD2d 790 , lv denied 90 NY2d 810 ), we agree with the motion court that appellant’s testimony does no more than raise a jury question as to whether appellant was in fact confronted with an emergency situation (see, e.g., Williams v Doran, 240 AD2d 349 ). Appellant did not present clear and unrefuted evidence that plaintiff driver was exclusively at fault for the accident (cf., Ruotolo v Ambu-Wagon, Inc., 206 AD2d 416 ). Concur — Milonas, J. P., Nardelli, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.

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