Opinion
CA 01-01739
February 1, 2002.
Appeal from an order of Supreme Court, Cayuga County (Corning, J.), entered November 20, 2000, which denied defendants' motion for summary judgment.
THALER THALER, ITHACA (SHARON M. SULIMOWICZ OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
DENNIS P. SEDOR, AUBURN, FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: PIGOTT, JR., P.J., GREEN, HAYES, SCUDDER, AND GORSKI, JJ.
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the motion is granted and the complaint is dismissed.
Memorandum:
Supreme Court erred in denying defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. Defendants met their initial burden by establishing that plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d), and plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact. Although the medical reports and examinations establish that plaintiff had back pain, her X rays were normal and there was no limitation of motion, nor is there objective medical evidence in the record to support her subjective complaints of pain ( see, Abdallah v. Flattery, 280 A.D.2d 917, lv denied 96 N.Y.2d 719; Brown v. Wagg, 280 A.D.2d 891, 891-892, lv denied 96 N.Y.2d 711; Stowell v. Safee, 251 A.D.2d 1026; Tipping-Cestari v. Kilhenny, 174 A.D.2d 663, 664). We disagree with plaintiff that her morbid obesity constitutes a "significant disfigurement" within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d). In any event, her morbid obesity was not causally related to the accident.