Case Name: Arthur Ebanks, Appellant, v. Triboro Coach Corp. et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-04-15
Citations: 304 A.D.2d 406
Docket Number: 
Parties: Arthur Ebanks, Appellant, v Triboro Coach Corp. et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 304
Pages: 406–406

Head Matter:
Arthur Ebanks, Appellant, v Triboro Coach Corp. et al., Respondents.
[757 NYS2d 296]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Howard Silver, J.), entered on or about September 9, 2002, which denied plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment as to liability, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Although the vehicle owned by defendant Triboro Coach and operated by defendant Ruffino hit plaintiffs stationary vehicle from behind, summary judgment as to liability was properly denied since Ruffino adequately explained the collision as attributable to circumstances other than negligence on his part (cf. Mitchell v Gonzalez, 269 AD2d 250 [2000]). Ruffino's testimony that he was driving approximately two bus lengths behind plaintiff and traveling slowly, i.e., 10 to 15 miles per hour, due to hazardous road conditions, but nonetheless skidded on snow and ice into plaintiffs vehicle as he attempted to stop, was sufficient to require a trial on the issue of defendants' liability for negligence (see Noia v De Rosa, 78 AD2d 789 [1980], affd 54 NY2d 631 [1981]). Concur — Nardelli, J.P., Williams, Friedman, Marlow and Gonzalez, JJ.