GELSTER, DALE R. v. JAOUDE, MARIA L.

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date filed: 2011-02-10
Citations: 81 A.D.3d 1297, 916 N.Y.S.2d 550, 2011 NY Slip Op 00861
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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]; Sheppeardv 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]).