Opinion
2012-04-24
Jose C. QUINTANILLA, et al., plaintiffs,Sonia Martinez, respondent, v. William T. CAMPION, et al., appellants.
Russo, Apoznanski & Tambasco, Westbury, N.Y. (Susan J. Mitola of counsel), for appellants. Cannon & Acosta, LLP, Huntington Station, N.Y. (June Redeker of counsel), for respondent.
Russo, Apoznanski & Tambasco, Westbury, N.Y. (Susan J. Mitola of counsel), for appellants. Cannon & Acosta, LLP, Huntington Station, N.Y. (June Redeker of counsel), for respondent.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal *796 from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Pastoressa, J.), dated March 16, 2011, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted by the plaintiff Sonia Martinez on the ground that she did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d).
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendants failed to meet their prima facie burden of showing that the plaintiff Sonia Martinez did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d) as a result of the subject accident ( see Toure v. Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 N.Y.2d 345, 352, 746 N.Y.S.2d 865, 774 N.E.2d 1197; Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955, 956–957, 582 N.Y.S.2d 990, 591 N.E.2d 1176). The defendants failed to adequately address the alleged injuries to Martinez's elbows and hips ( see Martinez v. Yi Zhong Chen, 91 A.D.3d 834, 835, 937 N.Y.S.2d 274). Furthermore, the defendants failed to adequately address Martinez's claim that she sustained a serious injury under the 90/180–day category of Insurance Law § 5102(d) ( see Rouach v. Betts, 71 A.D.3d 977, 897 N.Y.S.2d 242).
Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted by Martinez, regardless of the sufficiency of Martinez's opposition papers ( see Martinez v. Yi Zhong Chen, 91 A.D.3d at 835, 937 N.Y.S.2d 274; Rouach v. Betts, 71 A.D.3d at 977–978, 897 N.Y.S.2d 242).