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Buonaiuto v. Shulberg

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 19, 1998
254 A.D.2d 384 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

October 19, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rappaport, J.).


Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, the cross motion is granted, the complaint is dismissed insofar as asserted against the appellant, and the action against the remaining defendants is severed.

The appellant submitted a copy of the medical report of the plaintiff's treating physician which established that the plaintiff has not suffered a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d). In opposition to the appellant's cross motion for summary judgment, the plaintiff submitted an unsworn and unsigned purported affidavit and an unsworn medical report of her examining physician. These documents do not constitute competent proof in admissible form and should not have been considered by the Supreme Court ( see, Mirro v. Elite Car Limo, 236 A.D.2d 451; Attivissimo v. Kugler, 226 A.D.2d 658; Friedman v. U-Haul Truck Rental, 216 A.D.2d 266; Bonsu v. Metropolitan Suburban Bus Auth., 202 A.D.2d 538; Pagano v. Kingsbury, 182 A.D.2d 268). Furthermore, the plaintiff's own subjective complaints in her sworn affidavit are insufficient under the circumstances to meet the statutory requirement of serious injury ( see, Scheer v. Koubek, 70 N.Y.2d 678; Bonsu v. Metropolitan Suburban Bus Auth., 202 A.D.2d 538, supra; Beckett v. Conte, 176 A.D.2d 774).

Moreover, the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that she was prevented from performing substantially all of the material acts which constituted her usual and customary daily activities. for a period of not less than 90 days during the 180-day period immediately following the accident ( see, Licari v. Elliot, 57 N.Y.2d 230; Ciaccio v. J R Home Improvements, 149 A.D.2d 558; De Fillippo v. White, 101 A.D.2d 801).

Mangano, P. J., Joy, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Buonaiuto v. Shulberg

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 19, 1998
254 A.D.2d 384 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Buonaiuto v. Shulberg

Case Details

Full title:CAROLINA BUONAIUTO, Respondent, v. RICHARD S. SHULBERG et al., Defendants…

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

Date published: Oct 19, 1998

Citations

254 A.D.2d 384 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
679 N.Y.S.2d 89

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