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Palmer v. Phillips

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 27, 2000
278 A.D.2d 466 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Submitted November 1, 2000.

December 27, 2000.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.), dated November 22, 1999, which granted the defendants' 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).

Grandinette Serio, LLC, Mineola, N.Y. (Anthony M. Grandinette of counsel), for appellant.

Russo, Apoznanski Hellreich, Woodbury, N.Y. (John A. Asta of counsel), for respondents.

Before: LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, ANITA R. FLORIO, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendants made a prima facie showing that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d). Thus, it was incumbent on the plaintiff to come forward with sufficient admissible evidence to raise a triable issue of fact (see, Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955, 956-957). The plaintiff failed to do so, and thus the Supreme Court properly granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint ( see, Guzman v. Michael Mgt., 266 A.D.2d 508; Lisa v. Pastor, 262 A.D.2d 368; Kauderer v. Penta, 261 A.D.2d 365; Merisca v. Alford, 243 A.D.2d 613).


Summaries of

Palmer v. Phillips

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 27, 2000
278 A.D.2d 466 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Palmer v. Phillips

Case Details

Full title:UNIQUE PALMER, APPELLANT, v. PHYLLIS PHILLIPS, ET AL., RESPONDENTS

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

Date published: Dec 27, 2000

Citations

278 A.D.2d 466 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
717 N.Y.S.2d 915