Tsidulko v. K & L Int'l Trading, Inc.

2017 NY Slip Op 1588, 148 A.D.3d 755, 48 N.Y.S.3d 493
CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
DecidedMarch 1, 2017
Docket2015-10909
StatusPublished

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Tsidulko v. K & L Int'l Trading, Inc., 2017 NY Slip Op 1588, 148 A.D.3d 755, 48 N.Y.S.3d 493 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2017).

Opinion

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rothenberg, J.), dated October 8, 2015, which granted the defendants’ 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) as a result of the subject accident.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.

In support of their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, the defendants met their prima facie burden of showing 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, 956-957 [1992]). The defendants submitted competent medical evidence establishing, prima facie, that none of the alleged injuries to the cervical and lumbar regions of the plaintiff’s spine constituted a serious injury under either the permanent consequential limitation of use or significant limitation of use categories of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see Staff v Yshua, 59 AD3d 614 [2009]), and that, in any event, the alleged injuries were not caused by the subject accident (see generally Jilani v Palmer, 83 AD3d 786, 787 [2011]).

In opposition, however, the plaintiff raised a triable issue of fact as to whether he sustained serious injuries to the cervical and lumbar regions of his spine under the permanent consequential limitation of use and significant limitation of use categories of Insurance Law § 5102 (d), and as to whether the alleged injuries were caused by the accident (see Perl v Meher, 18 NY3d 208, 218-219 [2011]; Jilani v Palmer, 83 AD3d at 787). Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have denied the defendants’ motion.

Mastro, J.R, Leventhal, Hall and Cohen, JJ., concur.

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Related

Toure v. Avis Rent a Car Systems, Inc.
774 N.E.2d 1197 (New York Court of Appeals, 2002)
Perl v. Meher
960 N.E.2d 424 (New York Court of Appeals, 2011)
Gaddy v. Eyler
591 N.E.2d 1176 (New York Court of Appeals, 1992)
Staff v. Mair Yshua
59 A.D.3d 614 (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2009)
Jilani v. Palmer
83 A.D.3d 786 (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2011)

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2017 NY Slip Op 1588, 148 A.D.3d 755, 48 N.Y.S.3d 493, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/tsidulko-v-k-l-intl-trading-inc-nyappdiv-2017.