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Ukonu v. Velazquez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 27, 1995
213 A.D.2d 628 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)

Opinion

March 27, 1995

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


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

The plaintiffs' bill of particulars alleges that the plaintiff Ugoh Ukonu sustained a serious injury in the form of certain visual impairments as a result of an automobile accident with the defendant. In moving for summary judgment, the defendant established, prima facie, her entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting the affirmations of two examining physicians, both of whom concluded that Ugoh Ukonu has no visual impairments that are causally related to the accident (see, Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955, 956-957; Craft v. Brantuk, 195 A.D.2d 438; Marsh v. Wolfson, 186 A.D.2d 115, 116). In opposition, the plaintiffs submitted the unsworn report of a third examining physician. This report was completely insufficient to defeat the defendant's motion for summary judgment because it was not in admissible form (see, Tatti v. Cummings, 193 A.D.2d 596). In any event, the unsworn report contains no finding that Ugoh Ukonu's complaints are objectively verifiable or causally related to the accident. Accordingly, the defendant's motion for summary judgment should have been granted and the complaint dismissed. Sullivan, J.P., Miller, Copertino, Joy and Friedmann, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Ukonu v. Velazquez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 27, 1995
213 A.D.2d 628 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
Case details for

Ukonu v. Velazquez

Case Details

Full title:UGOH UKONU et al., Respondents, v. PAULINE VELAZQUEZ, Appellant

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

Date published: Mar 27, 1995

Citations

213 A.D.2d 628 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
624 N.Y.S.2d 195

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