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Hendrickson v. Philbor Motors, Inc.Hendrickson v. Philbor Motors, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Dec 12, 2012
Versions:101 A.D.3d 812
954 N.Y.S.2d 898
2012 NY Slip Op 8488
954 N.Y.2d 898
thier The user wants me to convert a legal document from provided images and OCR into a specific HTML format. **Case 1: Hendrickson et al. v. Philbor Motors, Inc. (and related action Malone v. Philbor Motors, Inc.)** - **Page 812**: Starts with the conclusion of a previous case (denied without regard to the sufficiency...). This should be skipped as it‘s partial. - **New Case starts**: “Roseanne Hendrickson et al., Plaintiffs, v Philbor Motors, Inc., Doing Business as Hempstead Ford, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 1.) William Malone, Plaintiff v Philbor Motors, Inc., Doing Business as Hempstead Ford, et al., Defendants, Cooper Tire and Rubber Company, Appellant, and Rosanne Hendrickson, Respondent. (Action No. 2.) [954 NYS2d 898]” - Wait, the OCR shows the text of an opinion *preceding* this caption. Let‘s look at the images. - **Page 812**: - Paragraph 1: “denied without regard...” (partial) - Paragraph 2: “Similarly, the defendants failed to establish...” - This seems to be part of the opinion for Hendrickson v Philbor. - Paragraph 3: “The defendants do not dispute...” - Paragraph 4: “The parties’ remaining contentions...” - Then a signature/concurrence block: “Florio, J.P., Balkin, Hall and Miller, JJ., concur.” - Then the CAPTION: “Roseanne Hendrickson et al., Plaintiffs, v PHILBOR MOTORS, INC... [954 NYS2d 898]” - This is strange. Usually, the caption is at the top. However, looking at the layout, the text starting with “Similarly, the defendants...” on page 812 looks like the end of a previous case, but wait—the caption for Hendrickson is at the bottom of 812. - Actually, looking at the OCR and image 1: - Top of 812: End of a case (mentions “Rush v Swimming Pools“). - Next section: “Similarly, the defendants failed to establish...” - Mentions federal Fair Housing Act. - Concurrence: Florio, J.P. etc. - Caption: Hendrickson v Philbor. - Looking at Page 813: - “Under the emergency doctrine...” - Looking at Page 814: - “Although the defendant Roseanne Hendrickson established...” - Concurrence: “Dillon, J.P., Lott, Roman and Cohen, JJ., concur.” - Then a new caption: “Annie Ingram, Respondent, v Long Island College Hospital...” **Analysis of the documents:** - The text on page 812 (starting from “denied without regard” to “concur“) belongs to a case ending there (likely related to Fair Housing Act). - The caption at the bottom of 812 starts the “Hendrickson v Philbor Motors” case. - The text on page 813 “Under the emergency doctrine...” and page 814 “Although the defendant Roseanne Hendrickson...” belongs to the Hendrickson case. - Note: The caption at the bottom of 812 is followed by the main text of that case on 813 and 814. **Case 2: Hendrickson v. Philbor Motors, Inc.** - **Parties**: - Action No. 1: Roseanne Hendrickson et al., Plaintiffs, v Philbor Motors, Inc., Doing Business as Hempstead Ford, et al., Defendants. - Action No. 2: William Malone, Plaintiff v Philbor Motors, Inc., Doing Business as Hempstead Ford, et al., Defendants, Cooper Tire and Rubber Company, Appellant, and Rosanne Hendrickson, Respondent. - **Citation**: 954 NYS2d 898 (Wait, the OCR says [954 NYS2d 898], image shows [954 NYS2d 898]—actually the OCR says 898 at the very end of page 1). - **Court**: Based on the names of judges (Florio, Dillon, etc.) and citation format (AD3d), this is the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department. - **Date**: Not explicitly on these pages, but AD3d is the reporter. I will extract what‘s available. - **Docket**: Action No. 1 and Action No. 2. **Structure for Hendrickson v Philbor:** 1. Case Information. 2. Body: - Page 813 text. - Page 814 text. 3. Signature: Dillon, J.P., Lott, Roman and Cohen, JJ., concur. **Wait**, let‘s re-read the transition. Page 812 ends with the Hendrickson caption. Page 813 starts with a blockquote about the emergency doctrine. Page 814 continues the Hendrickson analysis and ends with “Dillon, J.P., Lott, Roman and Cohen, JJ., concur.” This confirms that the Hendrickson case is the main one to format. **Case Info Extraction:** - `shortName`: Hendrickson v. Philbor Motors, Inc. - `docket`: Action No. 1, Action No. 2 - `court`: N.Y. App. Div. (Second Department based on judges, but I‘ll use the reporter context) - `citation`: 954 N.Y.S.2d 898 - `date`: Not provided in the snippets. I will leave it out or check if there is a hint. Usually, AD3d 2012 (referenced in the previous case) suggests this is around 2012. I won‘t hallucinate a date if it‘s not there. **Refining Text:** - Page 812: - Caption: `Roseanne Hendrickson et al., Plaintiffs, v Philbor Motors, Inc., Doing Business as Hempstead Ford, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 1.) William Malone, Plaintiff v Philbor Motors, Inc., Doing Business as Hempstead Ford, et al., Defendants, Cooper Tire and Rubber Company, Appellant, and Rosanne Hendrickson, Respondent. (Action No. 2.) [954 NYS2d 898]` - Page 813: - Blockquote starts: `“Under the emergency doctrine, ‘when an actor is faced with a sudden and unexpected circumstance which leaves little or no time for thought, deliberation or consideration, or causes the actor to be reasonably so disturbed that the actor must make a speedy decision without weighing alternative courses of conduct, the actor may not be negligent if the actions taken are reasonable and prudent in the emergency context’ (Miloscia v New York City Bd. of Educ., 70 AD3d 904, 905 [2010], quoting Rivera v New York City Tr. Auth., 77 NY2d 322, 327 [1991]; see Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d 989 [2011]). “This is not to say that an emergency automatically absolves one from liability for his [or her] conduct. The standard then still remains that of a reasonable [person] under the given circumstances, except that the circumstances have changed” (Ferrer v Harris, 55 NY2d 285, 293 [1982]; see Pawlukiewicz v Boisson, 275 AD2d 446, 447 [2000]). “Both the existence of an emergency and the reasonableness of a party’s response thereto will ordinarily present questions of fact” (Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d at 990; see Crawford-Dunk v MV Transp., Inc., 83 AD3d 764 [2011]).` - Page 814: - `Although the defendant Roseanne Hendrickson established that she was confronted with an emergency situation when the tire of the vehicle she was driving suddenly blew out, she failed to meet her prima facie burden of establishing that her subsequent actions were reasonable as a matter of law (see Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 560 [1980]). Accordingly, that branch of her motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the cross claims asserted against her by the defendant Cooper Tire and Rubber Company (hereinafter Cooper Tire) should have been denied. In light of this determination, we need not examine the sufficiency of the papers submitted in opposition to her motion (see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324 [1986]).` - `Cooper Tire’s remaining contention is not properly before this Court. Dillon, J.P., Lott, Roman and Cohen, JJ., concur.` **Citations to wrap:** - `Miloscia v New York City Bd. of Educ., 70 AD3d 904, 905 [2010]` - `Rivera v New York City Tr. Auth., 77 NY2d 322, 327 [1991]` - `Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d 989 [2011]` - `Ferrer v Harris, 55 NY2d 285, 293 [1982]` - `Pawlukiewicz v Boisson, 275 AD2d 446, 447 [2000]` - `Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d at 990` (short form) - `Crawford-Dunk v MV Transp., Inc., 83 AD3d 764 [2011]` - `Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 560 [1980]` - `Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324 [1986]` **Specific Formatting details:** - Rejoin words: “reason-able” -> “reasonable“, “reason-ableness” -> “reasonableness“, “determi-nation” -> “determination“. - Use straight quotes. **Case Info Block details:** - `shortName=“Hendrickson v. Philbor Motors, Inc.“` - `docket=“Action No. 1, Action No. 2“` - `court=“N.Y. App. Div.“` (Second Department) - `citation=“954 N.Y.S.2d 898“` Let‘s double check the citation formatting in the output requirement. `cite` attribute: “Volume + reporter + starting page“. New York Supplement: `954 N.Y.S.2d 898`. AD3d: `70 A.D.3d 904`. **Starting the HTML:** - Skip partial content from the beginning of page 812. - Start with the case information for Hendrickson. - Page marker `` before the caption? No, the caption is on page 812. - The case information block will have the caption. - The main text of the case begins on 813. Wait, page 812 has the caption at the bottom. The instruction says: “Skip partial content from a previous case that appears at the beginning of the document.” The content before the Hendrickson caption is partial content from another case. The Hendrickson case begins with the caption. **Case Information Details for Hendrickson:** - Name: ROSEANNE HENDRICKSON et al., Plaintiffs, v PHILBOR MOTORS, INC., Doing Business as HEMPSTEAD FORD, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 1.) WILLIAM MALONE, Plaintiff v PHILBOR MOTORS, INC., Doing Business as HEMPSTEAD FORD, et al., Defendants, COOPER TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, Appellant, and ROSANNE HENDRICKSON, Respondent. (Action No. 2.) - Docket: Action No. 1, Action No. 2 - Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department (inferred from judges). I‘ll use the name from the text if possible, but the snippet doesn‘t name the court explicitly. AD3d is the reporter. - Citation: 954 N.Y.S.2d 898 **Pagination:** The caption is on page 812. The body starts on page 813 with the blockquote. The body continues on page 814. Wait, looking at image 1 again. The text “Similarly, the defendants...” on page 812 mentions “federal Fair Housing Act“. This is clearly a different case than the “emergency doctrine” / “tire blow out” case (Hendrickson). However, looking at the caption for Action No. 1 and Action No. 2, Hendrickson is a plaintiff in Action 1 and a defendant/respondent in Action 2. Cooper Tire is an appellant. The text on 813-814 explicitly discusses Roseanne Hendrickson and Cooper Tire. The text at the top of 812 discusses a Fair Housing Act claim. It does not seem to relate to the Hendrickson tire blowout case. Therefore, the first part of 812 is a different case (likely “Rush v Swimming Pools” or related). I will start with the Hendrickson caption. **HTML generation:** - `` - `` (This marks the page where the caption was) - `` - `
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Although the defendant Roseanne Hendrickson...` - `...` - `

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Dillon, J.P., Lott, Roman and Cohen, JJ., concur.

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` Wait, on page 814, there is another caption for “Annie Ingram“. I should skip that as well because it‘s a new case. **Citation Details Check:** - `Miloscia v New York City Bd. of Educ., 70 AD3d 904, 905 [2010]` -> `Miloscia v New York City Bd. of Educ., 70 AD3d 904, 905 [2010]` - `Rivera v New York City Tr. Auth., 77 NY2d 322, 327 [1991]` -> `Rivera v New York City Tr. Auth., 77 NY2d 322, 327 [1991]` - `Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d 989 [2011]` -> `Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d 989 [2011]` - `Ferrer v Harris, 55 NY2d 285, 293 [1982]` -> `Ferrer v Harris, 55 NY2d 285, 293 [1982]` - `Pawlukiewicz v Boisson, 275 AD2d 446, 447 [2000]` -> `Pawlukiewicz v Boisson, 275 AD2d 446, 447 [2000]` - `Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d at 990` -> `Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d at 990` - `Crawford-Dunk v MV Transp., Inc., 83 AD3d 764 [2011]` -> `Crawford-Dunk v MV Transp., Inc., 83 AD3d 764 [2011]` - `Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 560 [1980]` -> `Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 560 [1980]` - `Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324 [1986]` -> `Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324 [1986]` I will check the NY reporter abbreviations. NY2d is New York Reports, Second Series (N.Y.2d). AD3d is Appellate Division Reports, Third Series (A.D.3d). **Text Correction:** - “reason-able” (813) -> “reasonable” - “reason-ableness” (813) -> “reasonableness” - “determi-nation” (814) -> “determination” **Quotes:** - Page 813: “Under the emergency doctrine, ‘when an actor... context’ (Miloscia... Rivera... Williams...).” - Note: The quote has single quotes inside double quotes or just starts with double quotes. In the image: `“Under the emergency doctrine, ‘when an actor... context’ (Miloscia...)` - I will convert to straight quotes: `“Under the emergency doctrine, ‘when an actor... context’ (Miloscia...)` Final check on the pagination: - Page 812 contains the caption. - Page 813 starts with a new block of text. - Page 814 continues and ends the Hendrickson case. One detail: `Action No. 1` and `Action No. 2` in the caption. The citation `[954 NYS2d 898]` is also there. One more thing: The very first paragraph on 812. “denied without regard to the sufficiency of the plaintiffs’ papers in opposition (see Rush v Swimming Pools by Jack Anthony, Inc., 98 AD3d 728, 730 [2012]).” This is clearly the end of the *previous* case. The paragraph starting “Similarly, the defendants failed to establish...” on 812 also seems to belong to the previous case. Why? Because it discusses a Fair Housing Act claim. The Hendrickson case is about a car tire blowing out. The signature block “Florio, J.P., Balkin, Hall and Miller, JJ., concur.” confirms that case ends on 812. The Hendrickson caption follows. So I start with the Hendrickson caption on 812. One catch: The text on 813 and 814 discusses “the defendant Roseanne Hendrickson“. In Action 2, Rosanne Hendrickson is a “Respondent“. Action 1: Hendrickson et al. v Philbor. Action 2: Malone v Philbor, Cooper Tire Appellant, Hendrickson Respondent. The decision discusses a motion by Roseanne Hendrickson for summary judgment dismissing cross claims by Cooper Tire. This fits perfectly. Wait, the blockquote on 813: The OCR shows it starts with a quote mark. `“Under the emergency doctrine, ‘when an actor...` It is indented. It should be in a `
`. Let‘s look at the “Short form” for Williams on 813. `Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d at 990` The full cite was `Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d 989 [2011]` earlier on the same page. So starting page is 989. Pinpoint is 990. One detail: page 812 mentions `812` at the top. The caption for Hendrickson is at the bottom. The citation `[954 NYS2d 898]` is after Action No. 2. Let‘s proceed. ```html

“Under the emergency doctrine, ‘when an actor is faced with a sudden and unexpected circumstance which leaves little or no time for thought, deliberation or consideration, or causes the actor to be reasonably so disturbed that the actor must make a speedy decision without weighing alternative courses of conduct, the actor may not be negligent if the actions taken are reasonable and prudent in the emergency context’ (Miloscia v New York City Bd. of Educ., 70 AD3d 904, 905 [2010], quoting Rivera v New York City Tr. Auth., 77 NY2d 322, 327 [1991]; see Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d 989 [2011]). “This is not to say that an emergency automatically absolves one from liability for his [or her] conduct. The standard then still remains that of a reasonable [person] under the given circumstances, except that the circumstances have changed” (Ferrer v Harris, 55 NY2d 285, 293 [1982]; see Pawlukiewicz v Boisson, 275 AD2d 446, 447 [2000]). “Both the existence of an emergency and the reasonableness of a party‘s response thereto will ordinarily present questions of fact” (Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d at 990; see Crawford-Dunk v MV Transp., Inc., 83 AD3d 764 [2011]).

Although the defendant Roseanne Hendrickson established that she was confronted with an emergency situation when the tire of the vehicle she was driving suddenly blew out, she failed to meet her prima facie burden of establishing that her subsequent actions were reasonable as a matter of law (see Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 560 [1980]). Accordingly, that branch of her motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the cross claims asserted against her by the defendant Cooper Tire and Rubber Company (hereinafter Cooper Tire) should have been denied. In light of this determination, we need not examine the sufficiency of the papers submitted in opposition to her motion (see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324 [1986]).

Cooper Tire‘s remaining contention is not properly before this Court. Dillon, J.P., Lott, Roman and Cohen, JJ., concur.

``` Wait, I need to check the exact capitalization of “Philbor Motors, Inc.” etc. In caption: “PHILBOR MOTORS, INC.” In OCR: “Philbor Motors, Inc.” Image shows it‘s partially capitalized or small caps. I will stick to what‘s in the text or standard capitalization for the case-name field. The prompt says: “Preserve formatting exactly (dates, case name capitalization)“. Wait, the prompt also says “Bluebook-style short name... omit ‘et al.’ and procedural phrases“. `shortName=“Hendrickson v. Philbor Motors, Inc.“` fits. Final check on the signature block: “Cooper Tire‘s remaining contention is not properly before this Court. Dillon, J.P., Lott, Roman and Cohen, JJ., concur.” It looks like a regular paragraph ending with the judges. I will wrap it in a signature div if it looks like one. On 812, the concurrence was on its own line: “Florio, J.P., Balkin, Hall and Miller, JJ., concur.” On 814, it‘s on the same line as the last sentence. I‘ll put it in its own div. Wait, checking the image for 814. “Cooper Tire’s remaining contention is not properly before this Court. Dillon, J.P., Lott, Roman and Cohen, JJ., concur.” Yes, it‘s on one line. One more thing: The case info should include the court. I‘ll use “Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department” or as short as possible. Re-checking the quotes on 813: The image shows double curly quotes: `“Under the emergency doctrine...` The quote ends after `[2011]).` Then another starts: `“This is not to say... changed”` Then another: `“Both the existence... [2011]).` I will use straight quotes. Wait, the quote marks inside the blockquote: `“Under the emergency doctrine, ‘when an actor... context’ (Miloscia... [2011]).` `“This is not to say... changed” (Ferrer... [2000]).` `“Both the existence... fact” (Williams... [2011]).` All citations are part of the quoted material or follow immediately. I‘ll structure the blockquote correctly. Actually, the citations are *outside* the inner quotes but *inside* the outer quotes? Let‘s see: `...emergency context’ (Miloscia... [2011]).` The outer quote `“` starts before `Under` and the OCR doesn‘t show where it ends before the next quote. Actually, it looks like three distinct blockquoted sentences/sections. I‘ll treat the whole thing as one blockquote since they are consecutive and indented. Wait, “812“, “813“, “814” are the page numbers. I will place the markers. One thing: I missed the citation `[954 NYS2d 898]`. I will put it in citation. Let‘s refine the case info and HTML. ```html

“Under the emergency doctrine, ‘when an actor is faced with a sudden and unexpected circumstance which leaves little or no time for thought, deliberation or consideration, or causes the actor to be reasonably so disturbed that the actor must make a speedy decision without weighing alternative courses of conduct, the actor may not be negligent if the actions taken are reasonable and prudent in the emergency context’ (Miloscia v New York City Bd. of Educ., 70 AD3d 904, 905 [2010], quoting Rivera v New York City Tr. Auth., 77 NY2d 322, 327 [1991]; see Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d 989 [2011]). “This is not to say that an emergency automatically absolves one from liability for his [or her] conduct. The standard then still remains that of a reasonable [person] under the given circumstances, except that the circumstances have changed” (Ferrer v Harris, 55 NY2d 285, 293 [1982]; see Pawlukiewicz v Boisson, 275 AD2d 446, 447 [2000]). “Both the existence of an emergency and the reasonableness of a party‘s response thereto will ordinarily present questions of fact” (Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d at 990; see Crawford-Dunk v MV Transp., Inc., 83 AD3d 764 [2011]).

Although the defendant Roseanne Hendrickson established that she was confronted with an emergency situation when the tire of the vehicle she was driving suddenly blew out, she failed to meet her prima facie burden of establishing that her subsequent actions were reasonable as a matter of law (see Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 560 [1980]). Accordingly, that branch of her motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the cross claims asserted against her by the defendant Cooper Tire and Rubber Company (hereinafter Cooper Tire) should have been denied. In light of this determination, we need not examine the sufficiency of the papers submitted in opposition to her motion (see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324 [1986]).

Cooper Tire‘s remaining contention is not properly before this Court.

Dillon, J.P., Lott, Roman and Cohen, JJ., concur.

``` One last check on the text “reason-able” etc. OCR page 2: “reason-able and prudent“, “reason-ableness“. Rejoined: “reasonable and prudent“, “reasonableness“. OCR page 3: “determi-nation“. Rejoined: “determination“. This is correct. I will omit the Court name from Case Info if I am not 100% sure, but the judges Dillon, Lott, Roman, and Cohen are all Second Department judges around 2012. The reporter AD3d is the standard for NY App Div. I‘ll use `court=“N.Y. App. Div.“`. One check on quotes in blockquote: `“Under the emergency doctrine...context’ (...). “This is not to say...changed” (...). “Both the existence...fact” (...).` The quotation marks seem to encompass the citation in some places and not in others. In the image: `“Under the emergency doctrine, ‘... context’ (Miloscia ... [2011]). “This is... changed” (Ferrer... [2000]). “Both the... fact” (Williams... [2011]).` The citation is outside the closing quote of the quoted text but inside the outer quotes of the paragraph? Actually, it looks like a series of quotations from different cases. I will use straight quotes as they appear in the visual. ```html

“Under the emergency doctrine, ‘when an actor is faced with a sudden and unexpected circumstance which leaves little or no time for thought, deliberation or consideration, or causes the actor to be reasonably so disturbed that the actor must make a speedy decision without weighing alternative courses of conduct, the actor may not be negligent if the actions taken are reasonable and prudent in the emergency context’ (Miloscia v New York City Bd. of Educ., 70 AD3d 904, 905 [2010], quoting Rivera v New York City Tr. Auth., 77 NY2d 322, 327 [1991]; see Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d 989 [2011]). “This is not to say that an emergency automatically absolves one from liability for his [or her] conduct. The standard then still remains that of a reasonable [person] under the given circumstances, except that the circumstances have changed” (Ferrer v Harris, 55 NY2d 285, 293 [1982]; see Pawlukiewicz v Boisson, 275 AD2d 446, 447 [2000]). “Both the existence of an emergency and the reasonableness of a party‘s response thereto will ordinarily present questions of fact” (Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d at 990; see Crawford-Dunk v MV Transp., Inc., 83 AD3d 764 [2011]).

``` Wait, in the OCR for page 2, there is a `”` after context. `reasonable and prudent in the emergency context’ ”` And then `(Miloscia ...)`. This confirms the structure: Quote ends, then citation. Then next quote starts. Final verification: The prompt says “Output raw HTML only. No code fences. No commentary.” The first page (812) contains the very end of one case and the caption of the next. I must skip the text of the first case. The third page (814) contains the end of the second case and the caption of a third case. I must skip the caption/body of the third case. The only case to fully format is “Hendrickson v. Philbor Motors, Inc.” One detail: `Action No. 1.` and `Action No. 2.` in the caption. I will keep them exactly as they are. ```html

“Under the emergency doctrine, ‘when an actor is faced with a sudden and unexpected circumstance which leaves little or no time for thought, deliberation or consideration, or causes the actor to be reasonably so disturbed that the actor must make a speedy decision without weighing alternative courses of conduct, the actor may not be negligent if the actions taken are reasonable and prudent in the emergency context‘” (Miloscia v New York City Bd. of Educ., 70 AD3d 904, 905 [2010], quoting Rivera v New York City Tr. Auth., 77 NY2d 322, 327 [1991]; see Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d 989 [2011]). “This is not to say that an emergency automatically absolves one from liability for his [or her] conduct. The standard then still remains that of a reasonable [person] under the given circumstances, except that the circumstances have changed” (Ferrer v Harris, 55 NY2d 285, 293 [1982]; see Pawlukiewicz v Boisson, 275 AD2d 446, 447 [2000]). “Both the existence of an emergency and the reasonableness of a party‘s response thereto will ordinarily present questions of fact” (Williams v City of New York, 88 AD3d at 990; see Crawford-Dunk v MV Transp., Inc., 83 AD3d 764 [2011]).

Although the defendant Roseanne Hendrickson established that she was confronted with an emergency situation when the tire of the vehicle she was driving suddenly blew out, she failed to meet her prima facie burden of establishing that her subsequent actions were reasonable as a matter of law (see Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 560 [1980]). Accordingly, that branch of her motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the cross claims asserted against her by the defendant Cooper Tire and Rubber Company (hereinafter Cooper Tire) should have been denied. In light of this determination, we need not examine the sufficiency of the papers submitted in opposition to her motion (see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324 [1986]).

Cooper Tire‘s remaining contention is not properly before this Court.

Dillon, J.P., Lott, Roman and Cohen, JJ., concur.

``` One small detail: `[954 NYS2d 898]` is in brackets in the source. I‘ll include it. Actually, the prompt says “preserve all content exactly“. I will include the caption exactly as it appears on 812 in the `midpage-case-name`. Wait, the prompt says `shortName` attribute uses Bluebook-style, but the text inside the tag should be the name as it appears. I‘ll keep the brackets if they were part of the name/citation combo in the caption. Double check: “Action No. 1.) William Malone, Plaintiff v Philbor Motors, Inc., Doing Business as Hempstead Ford, et al., Defendants, Cooper Tire and Rubber Company, Appellant, and Rosanne Hendrickson, Respondent. (Action No. 2.) [954 NYS2d 898]” Actually, the citation is better placed in `

`. Final check on court: I‘ll stick to `court=“N.Y. App. Div.“`. Done.

Case Details

Case Name: Hendrickson v. Philbor Motors, Inc.
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date Published: Dec 12, 2012
Citations: 101 A.D.3d 812; 954 N.Y.S.2d 898; 2012 NY Slip Op 8488; 954 N.Y.2d 898
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.
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