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Simmons v. Garofalo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 3, 2004
7 A.D.3d 510 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

2003-09070.

Decided May 3, 2004.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (O'Connell, J.), dated September 17, 2003, which granted the defendants' cross 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) and denied as academic her motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability.

Alan B. Hodish, Garden City, N.Y. (Mary Ellen O'Brien of counsel), for appellant.

Robert J. Cava, P.C., West Babylon, N.Y., for respondents.

Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., NANCY E. SMITH, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, THOMAS A. ADAMS, 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) as a result of the subject motor vehicle accident ( see Toure v. Avis Rent a Car Sys., 98 N.Y.2d 345; Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955). The affirmations of the plaintiff's physicians submitted in opposition to the motion failed to raise a triable issue of fact.

Moreover, the plaintiff failed to submit any competent medical evidence supporting her claim that she was unable to perform substantially all of her daily activities for not less than 90 of the first 180 days following the accident as a result of the subject accident ( see Sainte-Aime v. Ho, 274 A.D.2d 569; Jackson v. New York City Tr. Auth., 273 A.D.2d 200; Greene v. Miranda, 272 A.D.2d 441; Arshad v. Gomer, 268 A.D.2d 450; Bennett v. Reed, 263 A.D.2d 800; DiNunzio v. County of Suffolk, 256 A.D.2d 498, 499).

Accordingly, the defendants were properly granted summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

SANTUCCI, J.P., SMITH, LUCIANO and ADAMS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Simmons v. Garofalo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 3, 2004
7 A.D.3d 510 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

Simmons v. Garofalo

Case Details

Full title:JENICE L. SIMMONS, appellant, v. MATTHEW S. GAROFALO, ET AL., respondents

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

Date published: May 3, 2004

Citations

7 A.D.3d 510 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
775 N.Y.S.2d 598