87 A.D.2d 713 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1982
Appeals from judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of defendants, entered October 6, 1980, October 9, 1980 and October 15,1980 in Broome County, upon a verdict rendered at Trial Term (Fischer, J.). As a result of an eight-vehicle accident on Interstate Route 81 during the daylight hours of March 24,1977 while the roadway was icy and there were periodic whiteouts caused by blowing snow, plaintiff Lucretia Yeomans, a passenger in one of the vehicles, and her husband commenced an action for negligence against defendants Warren, Owens and Prokop^ operators of three of the vehicles, and the employers of Owens and Prokop.
Plaintiff Lucretia M. Yeomans sustained serious personal injuries within the meaning of section 671 of the Insurance Law (Comprehensive Automobile Insurance Reparations Act) so as to permit a civil cause of action.