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Dan v. Luke

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 18, 1997
237 A.D.2d 165 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

March 18, 1997.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Luis Gonzalez, J.), entered on or about January 23, 1996, which granted defendants' motion and cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Before: Sullivan, J.P., Milonas, Rosenberger and Rubin, JJ.


The court properly granted summary judgment to defendants, who predicated their motion upon, inter alia, Plaintiff's bill of particulars and various X-ray, MRI and other reports prepared and signed by Plaintiff's treating physicians ( see, Deangelo v Marcia Serv. Corp., 199 AD2d 58). These submissions established that there is no merit to Plaintiff's claim of "serious injury" within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) ( see, Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955; Lopez v Senatore, 65 NY2d 1017). Moreover, the court properly determined that Plaintiff's letter and a report prepared by two of Plaintiff's treating physicians were inadmissible because they were unsworn and had not been affirmed ( see, CPLR 2106; McLoyrd v Pennypacker, 178 AD2d 227, lv denied 79 NY2d 754). In any event, these documents do not demonstrate that plaintiff suffered a "serious injury" within the meaning of section 5102 (d).


Summaries of

Dan v. Luke

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 18, 1997
237 A.D.2d 165 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

Dan v. Luke

Case Details

Full title:CATHERINE DAN et al., Appellants, v. NOEL A. LUKE et al., Respondents

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

Date published: Mar 18, 1997

Citations

237 A.D.2d 165 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
655 N.Y.S.2d 366

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