On May 29, 2025, Alexandra N. Nieto and Dawn Bristol won a motion for summary judgment on behalf of a hospital, dismissing the Complaint in its entirety. The matter centered upon plaintiff’s allegations of negligence and recklessness when the hospital’s ambulance collided with a city bus operated by the plaintiff. After oral argument, the Honorable Ronald A. Castorina of the Supreme Court, Richmond County granted the hospital’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the privileges under New York’s Vehicle and Traffic Law afforded to authorized emergency vehicles applied in this case. Given the application of the emergency vehicle privileges, the plaintiff was required to meet a recklessness standard, not ordinary negligence. The Court found that plaintiff failed to proffer any evidence in admissible form sufficient to defeat the hospital’s prima facie showing, through its reliance on its expert mechanical engineer, that the ambulance was not recklessly operated at the time of the accident. Accordingly, the Court awarded summary judgment, dismissing the plaintiff’s Complaint in its entirety.