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Zelman v. Mauro

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 22, 2011
81 A.D.3d 936 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

No. 2010-05700.

February 22, 2011.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (McCarty III, J.), entered May 14, 2010, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d).

Conway, Farrell, Curtin Kelly, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Jonathan T. Uejio of counsel), for appellants.

Mirotznik Associates, LLC, East Meadow, N.Y. (Mary Ellen O'Brien of counsel), for respondent.

Rivera, J.P., Florio, Dickerson, Hall and Román, JJ.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

The defendants met their prima facie burden of showing that the plaintiff 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 NY2d 345; Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955, 956-957). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact. Although the plaintiff was entitled to rely upon the unsworn medical reports of her doctors that were submitted by the defendants in support of their motion for summary judgment ( see Kearse v New York City Tr. Auth., 16 AD3d 45, 47 n 1 [2005]), these reports were insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact.


Summaries of

Zelman v. Mauro

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 22, 2011
81 A.D.3d 936 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
Case details for

Zelman v. Mauro

Case Details

Full title:SARI ZELMAN, Respondent, v. MARSHA MAURO et al., Appellants

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

Date published: Feb 22, 2011

Citations

81 A.D.3d 936 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 1461
917 N.Y.S.2d 581

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