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LITTLE v. MORILLO

8027. 22388/15.

168 A.D.3d 433 (2019)

89 N.Y.S.3d 617

2019 NY Slip Op 00063

Robert Little, Respondent, v. Jorge J. Morillo et al., Respondents, and Vanessa Garcia, Appellant.

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

Decided January 8, 2019.

Defendant Morillo failed to offer a nonnegligent explanation for the accident, in which he struck Garcia's vehicle in the rear, which then struck plaintiff's vehicle (see Morgan v Browner, 138 A.D.3d 560 [1st Dept 2016]). Hence, Morillo's claim that Garcia stopped short is insufficient, as Morillo failed to explain why he did not maintain a safe distance from Garcia, or why, with the light having just turned green, he was unable...

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