EDWARDS v. APONTE

11251, 22326/17E.

181 A.D.3d 484 (2020)

118 N.Y.S.3d 410

2020 NY Slip Op 01702

Leslie Edwards, Respondent, v. Amanda Aponte et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. Namita A. Ghandi, Respondent.

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

Decided March 12, 2020.


Plaintiff established a prima facie case of negligence by showing that the vehicle driven by defendant Amanda Aponte and owned by defendant Nelson Aponte struck her vehicle in the rear while she was stopped in heavy traffic (see Baez-Pena v MM Truck & Body Repair, Inc., 151 A.D.3d 473, 476 [1st Dept 2017]). Amanda Aponte's contention that plaintiff unexpectedly stopped short was insufficient to rebut plaintiff's showing, especially...

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