Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York April 27, 2000 (Mauro v. Degroodt)

Cardona, P. J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Fromer, J.H.O.), entered March 2, 1999 in Ulster County, upon a decision of the court in favor of defendant.

On January 23, 1998, plaintiff and defendant were involved *893in a two-car automobile accident on US Route 44 in the Town of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County.