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Thompson v. Cochran

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 28, 1998
253 A.D.2d 871 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

September 28, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Ain, J.).


Ordered that line order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the appellant's motion for summary judgment is granted, the complaint insofar as asserted against him is dismissed, and the action against the remaining defendants is severed.

The Supreme Court improperly denied the appellant's motion for summary judgment. The appellant's evidence demonstrated prima facie that the plaintiff had not sustained a serious injury, as defined by Insurance Law § 5102 (d) ( see, Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955; Baldasty v. Cooper, 238 A.D.2d 367; Craft v. Brantuk, 195 A.D.2d 438; Tatti v. Cummings, 193 A.D.2d 596; Pagano v. Kingsbury, 182 A.D.2d 268). The plaintiff's evidence in opposition to the motion failed to raise a triable question of fact on the issue. The affidavit of the plaintiff's chiropractor failed to quantify the plaintiffs loss of range of motion ( see, Wilkins v. Cameron, 214 A.D.2d 557, 558; Stallone v. County of Suffolk, 209 A.D.2d 403; Iglesias v. Inland Freightways, 209 A.D.2d 479, 480), and failed to identify any objective tests that he performed in reaching his conclusions ( see, Lincoln v. Johnson, 225 A.D.2d 593; Giannakis v. Paschilidou, 212 A.D.2d 502; Antoniou v. Duff, 204 A.D.2d 670).

O'Brien, J.P., Ritter, Thompson, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Thompson v. Cochran

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 28, 1998
253 A.D.2d 871 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Thompson v. Cochran

Case Details

Full title:GLORIA L. THOMPSON, Respondent, v. BRIAN C. COCHRAN et al., Defendants…

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

Date published: Sep 28, 1998

Citations

253 A.D.2d 871 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
678 N.Y.S.2d 527

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