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CHAVEZ v. DRAPER

238 A.D.2d 460 (1997)

657 N.Y.S.2d 922

Piedad Chavez et al., Respondents, v. Kenneth Draper et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 21, 1997

Ordered that the order and judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The defendants have failed to proffer an adequate explanation that their failure to maintain a safe distance between their vehicle and the vehicle directly in front of them constituted nonnegligent conduct (see, Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1129 [a]). The defendants' failure to do so constituted negligence as a matter of law (see, Barba v Best Sec. Corp., 235 A.D.2d...

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