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Wojas v. Cossentino

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 20, 2000
271 A.D.2d 602 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Submitted March 8, 2000.

April 20, 2000.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lonschein, J.), dated June 1, 1999, which granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff failed to sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d).

Harry Issler, New York, N.Y. (Ruth F-L. Post of counsel), for appellant.

Robin, Schepp, Yuhas, Doman Harris (Mauro Goldberg Lilling, LLP, Great Neck, N.Y. [Barbara D. Goldberg and Christopher Simone] of counsel), for respondents.

GUY JAMES MANGANO, P.J., FRED T. SANTUCCI, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, ANITA R. FLORIO, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The affirmed reports prepared by the defendants' experts, which were submitted in support of the motion, made out a prima facie case that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d). The affidavit of the plaintiff's expert failed to raise a triable issue of fact (see,CPLR 3212[b]).


Summaries of

Wojas v. Cossentino

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 20, 2000
271 A.D.2d 602 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Wojas v. Cossentino

Case Details

Full title:TOMASZ WOJAS, appellant, v. GERARD M. COSSENTINO, et al., respondents

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

Date published: Apr 20, 2000

Citations

271 A.D.2d 602 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
707 N.Y.S.2d 849