Tolstocheev v. Bajrovic

28 A.D.3d 473, 811 N.Y.S.2d 785

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: April 4, 2006
• Status: Published

Opinion

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jacobson, J.), dated January 14, 2005, which denied his 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.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court properly denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that he failed to establish, prima facie, that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) as a result of the subject accident (see Toure v Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 NY2d 345 [2002]; Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955 [1992]). The defendant’s examining neurologist and orthopedist both failed to set forth the objective tests used to determine that the plaintiff did not have any range of motion restrictions (see Nembhard v Delatorre, 16 AD3d 390, 391 [2005]; Black v Robinson, 305 AD2d 438 [2003]; Gamberg v Romeo, 289 AD2d 525 [2001]; Junco v Ranzi, 288 AD2d 440 [2001]). Since the defendant failed to establish his initial burden on the motion, it is unnecessary to consider whether the plaintiffs papers were sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact (see Facci v Kaminsky, 18 AD3d 806, 807 [2005]; Rich-Wing v Baboolal, 18 AD3d 726, 727 [2005]; Nembhard v Delatorre, supra; Lesane v Tejada, 15 AD3d 358 [2005]). Schmidt, J.P., Crane, Krausman, Skelos and Lunn, JJ., concur.