Case Title: Monette v Trummer

Citation: 2013 NY Slip Op 06808

Docket Number: 

State: new-york

Court: New York Appellate Court

Date: 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Document:
Monette v Trummer

2013 NY Slip Op 06808

Decided on October 22, 2013

Court of Appeals

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on October 22, 2013

No. 251 SSM 24
[*1]Robert K. Monette et al., Appellants,
vChristina L. Trummer, et al., Defendants,
Jim Ball Pontiac-Buick-GMC, Inc., 
 Respondent.
Submitted by Jeffrey A. Black, for appellants.
Submitted by Christopher R. Turner, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM:
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
[*2]On these facts, we agree with the Appellate Division majority that defendant dealer satisfied its initial burden of proving that it was not an owner of the vehicle in question under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 128. Plaintiffs failed to raise a genuine issue of fact to support a contrary finding.
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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum. Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott, Rivera and Abdus-Salaam concur.
Decided October 22, 2013