ROVIELLO v. SCHOOLMAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, INC.


10 A.D.3d 356 (2004)

780 N.Y.S.2d 295

CARMELA ROVIELLO, Appellant, v. SCHOOLMAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, INC., et al., Respondents.

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

Decided August 2, 2004.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff allegedly was injured when the driver of the defendants' chartered bus was forced to brake suddenly to avoid colliding with a vehicle that suddenly drove in front of the bus. The plaintiff, a passenger on the bus, was in the aisle returning to her seat from the bus's bathroom, and allegedly fell and was injured.

The emergency doctrine "recognizes that when an actor is faced with a sudden and unexpected...

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