Webb v Primez Trucking, Inc.

Holding The court reversed the lower court’s denial of summary judgment on liability, finding that the plaintiffs established a prima facie case of negligence through the rear-end collision. The defendants failed to raise a triable issue of fact regarding a nonnegligent explanation or the emergency doctrine, particularly given the driver’s admission that he did not see the plaintiffs’ vehicle until impact.

The court’s words

a rear-end collision establishes a prima facie case of negligence on the part of the operator of the rear vehicle

2026 NY Slip Op 06484, at the official text

the defendant driver's admission that he did not see the plaintiffs' vehicle until the collision, demonstrates that he, by his own actions, created the emergency

2026 NY Slip Op 06484, at the official text

the defendants failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether there was a nonnegligent explanation for the happening of the accident

2026 NY Slip Op 06484, at the official text