Morgan v. Hachmann, 2004-01836.
Decision Date | 12 July 2004 |
Docket Number | 2004-01836. |
Citation | 2004 NY Slip Op 06030,780 N.Y.S.2d 33,9 A.D.3d 400 |
Parties | TROY MORGAN et al., Appellants, v. BRIAN P. HACHMANN et al., Respondents. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
The plaintiffs established their prima facie entitlement to summary judgment on the issue of liability by demonstrating that the defendant Brian P. Hachmann (hereinafter Hachmann) failed to yield the right-of-way to a vehicle driven by the plaintiff Troy Morgan (hereinafter Morgan) as Morgan's vehicle approached an intersection controlled by a stop sign in Hachmann's direction (see Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1142 [a]; § 1172 [a]; Lieberman v Miller, 305 AD2d 640, 641 [2003]; Yusupov v Lugo, 305 AD2d 496 [2003]; Disher v Ahern, 294 AD2d 393 [2002]; Szczotka v Adler, 291 AD2d 444 [2002]). Morgan was entitled to assume that Hachmann would obey the traffic laws requiring him to yield (see Wilkins v Davis, 305 AD2d 584 [2003]; Stiles v County of Dutchess, 278 AD2d 304 [2000]). The question of whether Hachmann stopped at the stop sign is not dispositive, since the evidence established that he failed to yield even if he did stop (see Klein v Byalik, 1 AD3d 399, 400 [2003]; Bolta v Lohan, 242 AD2d 356 [1997]).
In opposition to the plaintiffs' prima facie showing, the defendants failed to submit sufficient admissible evidence to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether Morgan was negligent (see Ali v Tip Top Tows, 304 AD2d 683 [2003]). Hachmann's contention that his accident report was admissible is without merit (see Hegy v Coller, 262 AD2d 606 [1999]; Daliendo v Johnson, 147 AD2d 312, 321 [1989]), and in any event, the accident report contradicted his examination before trial. Therefore, the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability should have been granted.
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