Case Name: Richard Pierre-Paul, Respondent, v. Brandon A. Price et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-03-08
Citations: 148 A.D.3d 847
Docket Number: 
Parties: Richard Pierre-Paul, Respondent, v Brandon A. Price et al., Appellants.
Judges: Rivera, J.P., Chambers, Roman and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 148
Pages: 847–848

Head Matter:
Richard Pierre-Paul, Respondent, v Brandon A. Price et al., Appellants.
[48 NYS3d 745]

Opinion:
In an action to recover dam ages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Capetola, J.), entered November 16, 2015, 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) as a result of the subject accident.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
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 the alleged injuries did not constitute 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]). In opposition, however, the plaintiff raised a triable issue of fact as to whether he sustained a serious injury to the lumbar region of his spine (see Perl v Meher, 18 NY3d 208, 218-219 [2011]).
Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Rivera, J.P., Chambers, Roman and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.