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Moore v. County of Suffolk

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 18, 2004
11 A.D.3d 591 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Summary

reversing denial of summary judgment and ordering complaint dismissed where plaintiff injured while resisting arrest

Summary of this case from Farley v. Greyhound Canada Transportation Corp.

Opinion

2004-03781

October 18, 2004.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Burke, J.), dated April 22, 2004, as denied their unopposed motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Before: Florio, J.P., H. Miller, Goldstein and Skelos, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff sustained personal injuries when, by his own admission, he fled from the police to avoid arrest for, inter alia, possession of controlled substances, and then was struck by a police car as he crossed in front of it. In support of their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, the defendants submitted, among other things, a copy of the plaintiff's written confession to the police, in which he recounted the events leading to his injuries. On each page of the three-page confession, the plaintiff signed his name next to a Penal Law § 210.45 form notice stating that false statements were punishable as a class A misdemeanor. The plaintiff did not oppose the motion, and the Supreme Court denied it.

The motion should have been granted. The defendants made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting, inter alia, a copy of the plaintiff's written confession. The confession demonstrated that the plaintiff's injuries arose directly from his knowing and intentional participation in serious criminal activity; i.e., resisting arrest ( see Penal Law § 205.30). Under the circumstances, the plaintiff should not be permitted to recover compensation for his loss ( see Manning v. Brown, 91 NY2d 116; Barker v. Kallash, 63 NY2d 19; Johnson v. State of New York, 174 Misc 2d 193, affd 253 AD2d 274). The plaintiff did not oppose the motion and thus did not raise a triable issue of fact ( see Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320). Contrary to the Supreme Court's conclusion, the defendants' motion complied with CPLR 3212 (b).


Summaries of

Moore v. County of Suffolk

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 18, 2004
11 A.D.3d 591 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

reversing denial of summary judgment and ordering complaint dismissed where plaintiff injured while resisting arrest

Summary of this case from Farley v. Greyhound Canada Transportation Corp.

In Moore v County of Suffolk, 11 AD3d 591, 783 NYS2d 72 [2d Dept 2004], the injured party, by his own admission, sustained personal injuries as he fled from the police to avoid arrest for the possession of controlled substances, and was struck by a police car as he crossed in front of it.

Summary of this case from Santana v. Cnty. of Suffolk

In Moore v. County of Suffolk, 11 AD3d 591, 783 N.Y.S.2d 72 [2d Dept 2004], the injured party, by his own admission, sustained personal injuries as he fled from the police to avoid arrest for the possession of controlled substances, and was struck by a police car as he crossed in front of it.

Summary of this case from Santana v. Cnty. of Suffolk
Case details for

Moore v. County of Suffolk

Case Details

Full title:DAVID MOORE, Respondent, v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK et al., Appellants

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Oct 18, 2004

Citations

11 A.D.3d 591 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
783 N.Y.S.2d 72

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