Opinion
October 14, 1997
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Fredman, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs. The jury's verdict in favor of the defendants is supported by a fair interpretation of the evidence ( see, Lolik v. Big V Supermarkets, 86 N.Y.2d 744; Nicastro v. Park, 113 A.D.2d 129, 134), and should not be disturbed.
The court properly charged the jury on the emergency doctrine. The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the defendants, was sufficient to establish that the defendant driver was faced with a sudden and unforeseeable occurrence not of his own making. The reasonableness of his conduct in the face of the emergency was a proper question for the jury ( see, Rivera v. New York City Tr. Auth., 77 N.Y.2d 322, 327; Coleman v. Pizza Hut, 235 A.D.2d 451).
Miller, J.P., Ritter, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.