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Virgilio v. Santivasci

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 16, 2000
276 A.D.2d 622 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Submitted September 20, 2000.

October 16, 2000.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (O'Connell, J.), entered October 27, 1999, as, upon reargument, adhered to its prior determination in an order entered June 7, 1999, granting the defendants' 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).

Joseph P. Ferri, Jr., Garden City, N.Y., for appellant.

Martin, Fallon Mull, Huntington, N.Y. (Richard C. Mull, of counsel), for respondents.

Before: GUY JAMES MANGANO, P.J., SONDRA MILLER, LEO F. McGINITY, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, 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 admissible evidence to raise a triable issue of fact (see, Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955, 956-957). While the plaintiff presented evidence that he sustained a herniated disc as a result of the accident, he failed to provide objective evidence of the extent or degree, and duration, of the alleged physical limitations resulting from the injury (see, Guzman v. Michael Mgt., 266 A.D.2d 508). Therefore, the Supreme Court properly granted summary judgment to the defendants (see, Licari v. Elliott, 57 N.Y.2d 230).


Summaries of

Virgilio v. Santivasci

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 16, 2000
276 A.D.2d 622 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Virgilio v. Santivasci

Case Details

Full title:JOSEPH VIRGILIO, APPELLANT, v. PATRICK SANTIVASCI, ET AL., RESPONDENTS

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

Date published: Oct 16, 2000

Citations

276 A.D.2d 622 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
715 N.Y.S.2d 322

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