Opinion
2014-11433
11-04-2015
Rafael Batista, respondent, v. Roy C. Leveridge, appellant.
Katz & Associates (David S. Klausner, PLLC, White Plains, N.Y. [Stephen Slater], of counsel), for appellant. Gratt & Associates, P.C., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Edward J. Anthony of counsel), for respondent.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
SHERI S. ROMAN
ROBERT J. MILLER
BETSY BARROS, JJ. (Index No. 23227/10)
Katz & Associates (David S. Klausner, PLLC, White Plains, N.Y. [Stephen Slater], of counsel), for appellant.
Gratt & Associates, P.C., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Edward J. Anthony of counsel), for respondent.
DECISION & ORDER
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lewis, J.), dated October 24, 2014, as denied those branches of his motion which were for summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as alleged that the plaintiff sustained serious injuries to his left knee and right shoulder within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d) as a result of the subject accident.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The defendant established, prima facie, that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury to his left knee and right shoulder within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d) as a result of the subject accident (see Toure v Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 NY2d 345; Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955, 956-957). In opposition, however, the plaintiff raised a triable issue of fact (see Perl v Meher, 18 NY3d 208, 218-219).
LEVENTHAL, J.P., AUSTIN, ROMAN, MILLER and BARROS, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court