Case Name: Angela Davido, Respondent-Appellant, v. Jorge Salazar et al., Defendants, and Juda Construction, Ltd., Appellant-Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-11-03
Citations: 89 A.D.3d 463
Docket Number: 
Parties: Angela Davido, Respondent-Appellant, v Jorge Salazar et al., Defendants, and Juda Construction, Ltd., Appellant-Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 89
Pages: 463–463

Head Matter:
Angela Davido, Respondent-Appellant, v Jorge Salazar et al., Defendants, and Juda Construction, Ltd., Appellant-Respondent.
[931 NYS2d 876]

Opinion:
Juda failed to establish its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on its defense that the Graves Amendment applied to shield it from vicarious liability for plaintiffs injuries (see 49 USC § 30106; Graham v Dunkley, 50 AD3d 55, 57-58 [2008], appeal dismissed 10 NY3d 835 [2008]). The record presents triable issues of fact with respect to whether Juda was a bona fide commercial lessor of motor vehicles and whether it had entered into a valid lease agreement with JCV which was Salazar's employer. Concur — Mazzarelli, J.E, Saxe, Acosta, DeGrasse and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.