Case Name: Dale R. Gelster, Respondent, v. Maria L. Jaoude, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-02-10
Citations: 81 A.D.3d 1297
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dale R. Gelster, Respondent, v Maria L. Jaoude, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 81
Pages: 1297–1297

Head Matter:
Dale R. Gelster, Respondent, v Maria L. Jaoude, Appellant.
[916 NYS2d 550]

Opinion:
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Frederick J. Marshall, J.), entered June 11, 2010 in a personal injury action. The order denied the motion of defendant for summary judgment.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Supreme Court properly denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. Defendant met her initial burden by establishing that plaintiff, a pedestrian, unexpectedly darted into the path of her vehicle (see Jellal v Brown, 37 AD3d 179 [2007]; Sheppeard v Murci, 306 AD2d 268 [2003]; Ash v McNamara, 288 AD2d 956 [2001], lv denied 97 NY2d 612 [2002]). In opposition to the motion, however, plaintiff raised a triable issue of fact whether defendant was speeding at the time of the accident (see generally Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 562 [1980]). Contrary to defendant's contention, the deposition testimony of a non-party witness regarding defendant's speed was not so inconsistent or speculative as to render it insufficient to defeat the motion (cf. Sheppeard, 306 AD2d 268; Wolf v We Transp., 274 AD2d 514 [2000]). Present — Smith, J.P., Fahey, Carni, Sconiers and Martoche, JJ.