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Fernandez v. Shields

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 29, 1996
223 A.D.2d 666 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

January 29, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Floyd, J.).


Ordered that the appeal from the order is dismissed; and it is further,

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed; and it is further,

Ordered that the respondent is awarded one bill of costs.

The appeal from the intermediate order must be dismissed because the right of direct appeal therefrom terminated with the entry of judgment in the action ( see, Matter of Aho, 39 N.Y.2d 241, 248). The issues raised on appeal from the order are brought up for review and have been considered on the appeal from the judgment ( see, CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).

Once the defendant submitted evidence in admissible form establishing that the plaintiff did not suffer a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d), the burden shifted to the plaintiff to produce evidentiary proof in admissible form demonstrating the existence of a triable issue of fact. Since the plaintiff tendered proof of serious injury in inadmissible form, namely an unsworn doctor's report, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint ( see, Grasso v Angerami, 79 N.Y.2d 813; Pagano v Kingsbury, 182 A.D.2d 268). Rosenblatt, J.P., Sullivan, Copertino, Santucci and Goldstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Fernandez v. Shields

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 29, 1996
223 A.D.2d 666 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

Fernandez v. Shields

Case Details

Full title:MANUEL FERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. ANDREW M. SHIELDS, Respondent

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

Date published: Jan 29, 1996

Citations

223 A.D.2d 666 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
637 N.Y.S.2d 185

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