From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Rhind v. Naylor

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 9, 1992
187 A.D.2d 498 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Summary

finding that "mild" cervical and lumbar sprains are insignificant within the meaning of the No-Fault statute

Summary of this case from Jones v. U.S.

Opinion

November 9, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Baisley, J.).


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The medical reports submitted by the appellant, prepared by the plaintiff's treating physicians, establish that the plaintiff did not suffer a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see, Pagano v Kingsbury, 182 A.D.2d 268). Those reports show that the plaintiff suffered mild cervical and lumbar sprains. We find that these injuries are insignificant within the meaning of the statute (see, Serio v Radin, 168 A.D.2d 612; Konco v E.T.C. Leasing Corp., 160 A.D.2d 680; Delfino v Davey, 159 A.D.2d 604). The subjective quality of the plaintiff's pain does not fall within the objective verbal definition of serious injury as contemplated in the no-fault law (see, Konco v E.T.C. Leasing Corp., supra; Delfino v Davey, supra). In addition, the plaintiff has failed to present any evidence establishing that she was prevented from "performing substantially all of the material acts which constitute [her] usual and customary daily activities for not less than ninety days during the one hundred eighty days immediately following the occurrence" (Insurance Law § 5102 [d]). Thompson, J.P., Harwood, Balletta, Rosenblatt and Eiber, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Rhind v. Naylor

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 9, 1992
187 A.D.2d 498 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

finding that "mild" cervical and lumbar sprains are insignificant within the meaning of the No-Fault statute

Summary of this case from Jones v. U.S.
Case details for

Rhind v. Naylor

Case Details

Full title:CHRISTINE RHIND, Respondent, v. RICHARD D. NAYLOR, Appellant, et al.…

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

Date published: Nov 9, 1992

Citations

187 A.D.2d 498 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
589 N.Y.S.2d 605

Citing Cases

Ortiz v. Ash Leasing, Inc.

Mild sprains to the lumbar and cervical spine are insignificant and as a matter of law, do not constitute a…

Yanez v. City of New York

However, his descriptions are merely subjective impressions, and are not objective findings, as would be…