Intervening High Court Ruling Entitled Injured Police Officer to Summary Judgment

A New York appellate court ruled that a police officer was entitled to summary judgment on his personal injury claim against a motorist who had struck him as he was conducting an inspection of parked cars. Case: Outar v. Sumner, No. 2017-10399, 09/19/2018, published. Facts: Kenneth Outar worked for the New York City Police Department as a traffic enforcement agent. His job duties involved walking down a street to inspect vehicles in a parking lane. A car being operated by Brandon Sumner struck Outar as he was inspecting the parked vehicles.   Procedural history: Outar filed a per...