DOOMES v. BEST TRANSIT CORP.

4717, 4717A, 4717B, 16893/94, 17408/94, 16954/96, 5121.

92 A.D.3d 490 (2012)

940 N.Y.S.2d 17

2012 NY Slip Op 1104

GLORIA DOOMES, Respondent, v. BEST TRANSIT CORP. et al., Defendants, and WARRICK INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant. ANA JIMINIAN, Respondent, v. BEST TRANSIT CORP. et al., Defendants, and WARRICK INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant. KELLI RIVERA, Respondent, v. BEST TRANSIT CORP. et al., Defendants, and WARRICK INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided February 14, 2012.


Plaintiffs were injured when the driver of the bus, operated by defendant Best Transit and manufactured by Warrick, fell asleep while traveling between 60 and 70 miles an hour, causing the vehicle to go down an embankment and roll over several times. The complaint charged, inter alia, that by altering the vehicle's weight distribution and failing to install seat belts in the passenger seating positions, Warrick was negligent in the design, manufacture and construction of...

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