COLVIN v. GIRUZZI


261 A.D.2d 697 (1999)

689 N.Y.S.2d 719

VICKI COLVIN, Individually and as Parent and Guardian of JACOB COLVIN, an Infant, Plaintiff, v. CYNTHIA C. GIRUZZI, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. THOMAS COLVIN, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent. (And Another Related Action.)

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

Decided May 6, 1999.


Peters, J.

On April 17, 1996, Thomas Colvin was traveling with his two sons, Jacob and Dylan, southbound on a two-lane highway, when he was struck head-on by defendant's vehicle. Defendant, traveling in the opposite direction, described the conditions she encountered as she crested the very steep hill. "[I]t was like [a] twilight zone, the wind was blowing from both east and west, there was approximately 8 to 10 inches of deep slush, hard, crunchy, icy slush and it...

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