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Lefkowitz v. Salas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 15, 1999
266 A.D.2d 356 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

Submitted October 6, 1999

November 15, 1999

Bilello Walisever (Montfort, Healy, McGuire Salley, Garden City, N.Y. [Edward R. Rimmels] of counsel), for appellants.

Sol Mermelstein, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Sanford Hausler of counsel), for respondents.

CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Held, J.), dated October 29, 1998, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that neither of the plaintiffs sustained a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d).

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

There are issues of fact as to whether either of the plaintiffs sustained a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d). The affidavits of the plaintiffs' doctor submitted in opposition to the motion quantified limitations of motion to the cervical spine regions of both plaintiffs and set forth the duration of such limitations. Such evidence was sufficient to establish an issue of fact as to whether either plaintiff sustained a serious injury (see, Duarte v. Ester, 247 A.D.2d 356 ;Grullon v. Chang Ok Chu, 240 A.D.2d 367 ; Huggins v. Daniels, 237 A.D.2d 491 ; Washington v. Mercy Home For Children, 232 A.D.2d 549 ).

O'BRIEN, J.P., SULLIVAN, GOLDSTEIN, and FEUERSTEIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Lefkowitz v. Salas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 15, 1999
266 A.D.2d 356 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

Lefkowitz v. Salas

Case Details

Full title:LARRY LEFKOWITZ, et al., respondents, v. VIRGINIA SALAS, et al., appellants

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Nov 15, 1999

Citations

266 A.D.2d 356 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
698 N.Y.S.2d 329

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