Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
On June 16, 2001, the defendant Anthony Bento was driving on the Belt Parkway when his vehicle struck the rear of a vehicle driven by the defendant Edward Ryzhak and owned by the defendant Iren Ryzhak. The Ryzhak vehicle then struck the plaintiff, who was standing in the roadway after an earlier accident in the same area.
A "rear-end collision establishes a prima facie case of negligence...
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