Case Name: Kristy Ann Wojeski, Appellant, v. Angeline M. Delfavero, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-03-21
Citations: 303 A.D.2d 1004
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kristy Ann Wojeski, Appellant, v Angeline M. Delfavero, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 303
Pages: 1004–1005

Head Matter:
Kristy Ann Wojeski, Appellant, v Angeline M. Delfavero, Respondent.
[759 NYS2d 618]

Opinion:
—Appeal from an order of Supreme Court, Cayuga County (Corning, J.), entered January 17, 2002, which denied plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Contrary to the contention of plaintiff, Supreme Court properly denied her motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability. Plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for injuries that she sustained in a motor vehicle collision when a vehicle driven by defendant turned left in front of her vehicle at an intersection. We conclude that there is an issue of fact whether excessive speed on the part of plaintiff contributed to the accident. Plaintiff testified at her deposition that she did not see defendant's vehicle in sufficient time to avoid the collision, and the affidavit of an eyewitness submitted by defendant in opposition to the motion permits the conclusion that the inability of plaintiff to avoid the collision may have resulted from the high rate of speed of her vehicle (see Weng v Gill, 52 AD2d 923 [1976], affd 42 NY2d 927 [1977]; Shpritzman v Strong, 248 AD2d 524 [1998]; Patti v Fenimore, 181 AD2d 869, 871 [1992]; cf. Barile v Carroll, 280 AD2d 988 [2001]). Present — Pigott, Jr., P.J., Green, Wisner, Burns and Gorski, JJ.