SHELLY MOORE PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT v. AND HENRY COX DEFENDANT RESPONDENT (2015)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:  Plaintiff commenced this action seeking damages for injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident.   Plaintiff was a passenger in a taxicab operated by defendant Henry Cox, and the collision occurred when Cox made a right-hand turn into a driveway in the path of a vehicle operated by defendant Nancy A. Curtiss.   Her vehicle skidded on the snowy roadway when she applied her brakes in an effort to avoid Cox's vehicle.   Supreme Court properly denied the motion of Curtiss seeking summary judgment dismissing the complaint against her.   We agree with Curtiss that, as the driver with the right-of-way, she was entitled to anticipate that Cox would obey the traffic laws that required him to yield to her oncoming vehicle (see Rose v. Lebreth, _ AD3d _, _ [May 8, 2015];  Lescenski v. Williams, 90 AD3d 1705, 1705, lv denied 18 NY3d 811).   Nevertheless, viewing the submissions of the parties in the light most favorable to plaintiff and Cox, as we must (see Victor Temporary Servs. v. Slattery, 105 A.D.2d 1115, 1117), we conclude that the submissions of Curtiss in support of her motion raise an issue of fact whether she failed to see Cox's turn signal and thus failed to “ ‘exercise reasonable care under the circumstances to avoid an accident’ “ (Cupp v. McGaffick, 104 AD3d 1283, 1284).   We further conclude that the submissions of Curtiss raise an issue of fact whether the speed at which she was traveling, although reduced because of the weather conditions, was reasonable and prudent under the circumstances (see Campo v. Neary, 52 AD3d 1194, 1196;  Pietrantoni v. Pietrantoni, 4 AD3d 742, 742, lv dismissed 2 NY3d 823).

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court