Plaintiff, a passenger in a livery cab owned by defendant Hambone Management Corp., and operated by defendant Rafael Mejia, was allegedly injured when the livery cab rear-ended a yellow school bus owned by defendant CBT and operated by defendant Dileny Abreu. The cab driver's lone excuse for rear-ending the bus, namely, that it made a sudden stop, mid-block, is insufficient to rebut the presumption of negligence (see Profita v Diaz,
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