STATE COURT CASES
05-2-9709 Ali v. James, App. Div. (per curiam) (8 pp.) Plaintiff Ali appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his personal injury claim against defendants James and Fathers Fish Company, arising out of a motor vehicle accident resulting in suit against several defendants. James was driving a van owned by Fathers which became disabled. Ali was a passenger in a car that was rear-ended by defendant Blackwood’s vehicle when it stopped near the disabled van. Ali contends that the judge should not have granted summary judgment because the conduct of James and Fathers, raises material issues of fact as to the proximate cause of injuries suffered by plaintiff. The appellate panel concludes that the presence of Fathers van on the bridge was not a concurrent proximate cause of Ali’s injuries. Therefore, Judge Coleman was correct in granting the motion for summary judgment to Fathers and James.
