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Braun v. Melia

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 17, 2007
39 A.D.3d 680 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 2006-05471.

April 17, 2007.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Weber, J.), dated May 2, 2006, which granted the defendants' cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that she did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d), and, in effect, denied, as academic, her motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability.

Kujawski DelliCarpini, Deer Park, N.Y. (Mark C. Kujawski of counsel), for appellant.

Huenke Rodriguez, Melville, N.Y. (Glen P. Rodriguez of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Schmidt, J.P., Krausman, Goldstein, Covello and Angiolillo, JJ.


Ordered that the order is modified, on the law, (1) by deleting the provision thereof granting the defendant's cross 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), and substituting therefor a provision denying the cross motion; and (2) by deleting the provision thereof which, in effect, denied, as academic, the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability; as so modified, the order is affirmed, with costs to the plaintiff, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, for a determination of the plaintiff's motion on the merits.

The defendants established prima facie that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury from the subject accident ( see Insurance Law § 5102 [d]; Toure v Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 NY2d 345, 353). However, in opposition, the plaintiff raised an issue of fact. Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have denied the defendants' cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.


Summaries of

Braun v. Melia

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 17, 2007
39 A.D.3d 680 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

Braun v. Melia

Case Details

Full title:EDITH M. BRAUN, Appellant, v. THOMAS MELIA et al., Respondents

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

Date published: Apr 17, 2007

Citations

39 A.D.3d 680 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 3248
833 N.Y.S.2d 664

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