Tchjevskaia v. Chase

15 A.D.3d 389, 790 N.Y.S.2d 175

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: February 7, 2005
• Status: Published

Opinion

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (F. Rivera, J.), dated October 30, 2003, 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).

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendants failed to make a prima facie showing that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see Meiheng Qu v Doshna, 12 AD3d 578 [2004]; Rodriguez v J & K Taxi, 12 AD3d 434 [2004]). The affirmation of the defendants’ examining orthopedist discloses that the orthopedist actually recorded limitations in the plaintiffs ranges of motion despite his ultimate conclusion that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury. Under these circumstances, it is unnecessary to consider the sufficiency of the plaintiffs opposition papers (see Coscia v 938 Trading Corp., 283 AD2d 538 [2001]; Chaplin v Taylor, 273 AD2d 188 [2000]; Mariaca-Olmos v Mizrhy, 226 AD2d 437 [1996]).

Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Cozier, J.E, S. Miller, Santucci and Fisher, JJ., concur.