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Reyes v. Diaz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 8, 2011
82 A.D.3d 484 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

No. 4467.

March 8, 2011.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Edgar G. Walker, J.), entered June 17, 2010, which denied defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Feinman Grossbard, P.C., White Plains (Steven N. Feinman of counsel), for appellants.

Budin, Reisman, Kupferberg Bernstein, LLP, New York (Adam S. Bernstein of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Andrias, J.P., Catterson, Moskowitz, Abdus-Salaam and Román, JJ.


Defendants failed to make a prima facie showing that plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d). Defendants' orthopedic surgeon failed to indicate the objective tests used to determine the range of motion in plaintiffs hip. Defendants failed to offer any expert opinion addressed to plaintiffs claimed psychological injuries ( see Offman v Singh, 27 AD3d 284). In addition, the opinion of defendants' radiologist that plaintiffs herniation was degenerative was "too equivocal to satisfy defendant[s`] prima facie burden to show that such herniation was not caused by a traumatic event" ( Glynn v Hopkins, 55 AD3d 498, 498).

In view of the foregoing, we need not consider the sufficiency of plaintiffs opposition ( see Winegrad v New York Univ. Med. Ctr., 64 NY2d 851, 853).


Summaries of

Reyes v. Diaz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 8, 2011
82 A.D.3d 484 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
Case details for

Reyes v. Diaz

Case Details

Full title:YAHAIRA REYES, Respondent, v. ALEJANDRO A. DIAZ et al., Appellants

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

Date published: Mar 8, 2011

Citations

82 A.D.3d 484 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 1711
917 N.Y.S.2d 632

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