BAKER v. CHANDLER


265 A.D.2d 904 (1999)

696 N.Y.S.2d 724

MARY E. BAKER, as Administratrix of the Estate of JOSEPH D. BAKER, Deceased, Appellant, v. WESLEY L. CHANDLER et al., Respondents and Third-Party Plaintiffs. JERRETT W. BAKER, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

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

Decided October 1, 1999.


Judgment unanimously reversed on the law with costs, motion denied and complaint and third-party complaint reinstated.

Memorandum:

Supreme Court erred in granting defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and in dismissing, sua sponte, the third-party complaint. There is a triable issue of fact whether Wesley L. Chandler (defendant), "in the exercise of reasonable care, should have taken some evasive action to avoid the collision...

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