Opinion
CA 01-01786
February 1, 2002.
Appeal from that part of an order of Supreme Court, Onondaga County (McCarthy, J.), entered April 27, 2001, that denied defendants' cross motion for summary judgment.
ANTHONY P. RIVIZZIGNO, COUNTY ATTORNEY, SYRACUSE (JOHN W. SHARON OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
JAMES G. DI STEFANO, SYRACUSE, FOR PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS.
PRESENT: WISNER, J.P., HURLBUTT, KEHOE, BURNS, AND LAWTON, JJ.
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed with costs.
Memorandum:
Plaintiffs commenced this action seeking damages for injuries sustained by Patrick J. Corbett (plaintiff) when his vehicle was rear-ended by a truck driven by defendant David I. Brown and owned by defendant County of Onondaga. Supreme Court properly denied defendants' cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint because an issue of fact exists whether plaintiff sustained a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d). It is well established that "conflicting expert opinions may not be resolved on a motion for summary judgment" ( Williams v. Lucianatelli, 259 A.D.2d 1003).