Long Island, New York (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) — On Thursday, a New York attorney ruled against a police officer for the slowdown on a Long Island expressway while enhancing the risk of rear end accident while upholding the decision that a crash was partially the fault of officer. According to the Court of Appeals, hitting the back end a stationary car forms the negligence of the oncoming driver. However, the court did not free Lee Weidl, an officer from Suffolk County the liability.The decision was made by the seven judges and they unanimously said that officer Weidl created a danger where vehicles had to apply breaks almost aggressively so as to avoid lane obstructions caused by vehicles while enhancing rear end accidents. The Court of Appeals sends the case back to other appeals while reversing midlevel court. According to Kenneth Shapiro, an attorney said that such a thing can lead to chain reactions of accidents. Shapiro was representing Pamela Tutrani, an injured driver. Shapiro added that the Court of Appeals does not take many motor accident cases but in this case, this slowdown case will be citied for long period of time.According to the Court of Appeals, Weidli changed his lanes while slowing down the speed of his vehicle from forty miles per hour to one or tow miles per hour while on the service road during the morning rush in March 2003 while spotting a disabled vehicle. On the other hand, Tutrani pressed on brakes just stopping before Weidl’s cruiser while Maldonado crashed into Tutrani’s vehicle.The court decided that both Weidl and Maldonado hold 50% fault and Tutrani was compensated with an award of $200,000 for all her past sufferings and pains caused by the accident. Court also added that Weidl’s fault was of slowing down the vehicle on the busy road while Maldonado was equally guilty as he could slow down the vehicle and averted the accident caused to Tutrani.If you have news related to injury in Long Island and want our lawyers panel address your news needs, please complete the form below.
