Yang Ge v. Polanco

Full title: YANG GE, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Felix A. POLANCO, Defendant–Respondent.

Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Term, New York, First Department.

Date published: Jan 16, 2013

38 Misc. 3d 133 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)

2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 50054

966 N.Y.S.2d 350

Opinion

No. 10–330.

2013-01-16

YANG GE, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Felix A. POLANCO, Defendant–Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff appeals from an amended judgment of the Small Claims Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County (Raul Cruz, J.), entered on or about May 17, 2011, after trial, in favor of defendant dismissing the action.
Present: SCHOENFELD, J.P., SHULMAN, HUNTER, JR., JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Amended judgment (Raul Cruz, J.), entered on or about May 17, 2011, affirmed, without costs.

Applying the narrow standard of review governing appeals in small claims actions ( seeCCA 1807), and giving due deference to the trial court's express findings of fact and credibility ( see Williams v. Roper, 269 A.D.2d 125, 126 [2000],lv dismissed95 N.Y.2d 898 [2000] ), we sustain the dismissal after trial of plaintiff's action. The evidence, fairly interpreted, supports the court's fact-laden determination that the negligence of the driver of plaintiff's car in proceeding through a red light was the sole proximate cause of the intersection collision underlying plaintiff's property damage claim.

I concur.