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Aponte v. Tusa

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 4, 2006
28 A.D.3d 407 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

2005-05681.

April 4, 2006.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hart, J.), dated May 12, 2005, which denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d).

Robert P. Tusa (Sweetbaum Sweetbaum, Lake Success, N.Y. [Marshall D. Sweetbaum] of counsel), appellant pro se.

Mallilo Grossman, Flushing, N.Y. (Francesco Pomara, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Miller, J.P., Ritter, Luciano, Spolzino and Dillon, JJ., concur.


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

The admissible proof submitted by the defendant, showing that the plaintiff had full range of motion and suffered from no disability causally related to the automobile accident about one week after the automobile accident, was sufficient to establish a prima facie case that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d), despite a magnetic resonance imaging report showing a bulging disc ( see Kearse v. New York City Tr. Auth., 16 AD3d 45).

In opposition to the motion, the plaintiff failed to adequately explain the almost seven-year gap in her medical treatment ( see Batista v. Olivo, 17 AD3d 494). Moreover, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to her alleged inability to perform substantially all of her daily activities for not less than 90 of the first 180 days following the accident as a result of the accident ( see Sainte-Aime v. Ho, 274 AD2d 569).


Summaries of

Aponte v. Tusa

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 4, 2006
28 A.D.3d 407 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Aponte v. Tusa

Case Details

Full title:LILLIAN APONTE, Respondent, v. ROBERT P. TUSA, Appellant

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

Date published: Apr 4, 2006

Citations

28 A.D.3d 407 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 2483
811 N.Y.S.2d 569

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