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Marszalek v. Brown

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 4, 1998
247 A.D.2d 827 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

February 4, 1998

Present — Green, J. P., Pine, Hayes, Callahan and Fallon, JJ.


Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly denied the motion of Will Poultry Co., Inc. (defendant), for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against it. Plaintiff was injured when her vehicle was struck by a truck operated by defendant Jeffrey S. Brown and owned by defendant. Defendant failed to present evidence establishing as a matter of law that plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury pursuant to Insurance Law § 5102 (d). Plaintiff, through an affidavit from one of her treating physicians, raised issues of fact whether she sustained a permanent consequential limitation of use of a body organ or member, or a significant limitation of use of a body function or system ( see, Insurance Law § 5102 [d]). In addition, plaintiff established prima facie that she suffered from a medically determined injury that curtailed her from performing her usual activities "to a great extent rather than some slight curtailment" for the statutory period ( Licari v. Elliott, 57 N.Y.2d 230, 236; see, Tankersley v. Szesnat, 235 A.D.2d 1010, 1013; Gleissner v. LoPresti, 135 A.D.2d 494, 495; cf., Shames v. Murtha, 204 A.D.2d 841). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Mahoney, J. — Summary Judgment.)


Summaries of

Marszalek v. Brown

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 4, 1998
247 A.D.2d 827 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Marszalek v. Brown

Case Details

Full title:STEPHANIE MARSZALEK, Respondent, v. JEFFREY S. BROWN, Defendant, and WILL…

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

Date published: Feb 4, 1998

Citations

247 A.D.2d 827 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
668 N.Y.S.2d 138

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