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Sullivan v. Dawes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 4, 2006
28 A.D.3d 472 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

2005-04637.

April 4, 2006.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schneier, J.), dated April 15, 2005, which denied their 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).

Blane Magee, Rockville Centre, N.Y., for appellants.

Pecoraro Schiesel, New York, N.Y. (Steven Schiesel of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Miller, J.P., Ritter, Luciano, Spolzino and Dillon, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The orthopedist's affirmation upon which the defendants' motion for summary judgment was predicated assigned a numerical value to the range of motion of the plaintiff's lumbar spine, but failed to compare his findings against the normal range of motion. Accordingly, the defendants failed to make a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment on the issue of whether the plaintiff sustained a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) ( see Browdame v. Candura, 25 AD3d 747; Paulino v. Dedios, 24 AD3d 741; Kennedy v. Brown, 23 AD3d 625, 626), and the Supreme Court properly denied the defendants' motion ( see Boone v. New York City Tr. Auth., 263 AD2d 463; see generally Toure v. Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 NY2d 345; cf. Kearse v. New York City Tr. Auth., 16 AD3d 45, 49-50; Meely v. 4 G's Truck Renting Co., Inc., 16 AD3d 26, 29-30).


Summaries of

Sullivan v. Dawes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 4, 2006
28 A.D.3d 472 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Sullivan v. Dawes

Case Details

Full title:LAURA SULLIVAN, Respondent, v. JOHN E. DAWES, et al., Appellants

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

Date published: Apr 4, 2006

Citations

28 A.D.3d 472 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 2530
811 N.Y.S.2d 596

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