Case Name: Jila Shokrian, Appellant, v. Zi-Min Mein, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-10-04
Citations: 265 A.D.2d 317
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jila Shokrian, Appellant, v Zi-Min Mein, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 265
Pages: 317–318

Head Matter:
Jila Shokrian, Appellant, v Zi-Min Mein, Respondent.
[696 NYS2d 692]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Franco, J.), entered September 9, 1998, which granted the defendant's 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 reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is denied.
The evidence submitted by the defendant demonstrated, prima facie, that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see, Uhl v Sofia, 245 AD2d 988). Thus, it was incumbent on the plaintiff to come forward with admissible evidence to create an issue of fact (see, Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955, 956-957). Upon our review of the record, we find that the plaintiff's medical evidence was sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact (see, Pagano v Kingsbury, 182 AD2d 268, 271). Thus, the Supreme Court improperly granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment (see generally, Licari v Elliott, 57 NY2d 230). Bracken, J. P., Thompson, Goldstein, McGinity and Schmidt, JJ., concur.