Case Name: Shawnqueia Hall, Appellant, v. Gala Trade 2000 Ltd. et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-10-21
Citations: 11 A.D.3d 362
Docket Number: 
Parties: Shawnqueia Hall, Appellant, v Gala Trade 2000 Ltd. et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 362–363

Head Matter:
Shawnqueia Hall, Appellant, v Gala Trade 2000 Ltd. et al., Respondents.
[783 NYS2d 367]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered July 15, 2003, which granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint for lack of a serious injury as defined by Insurance Law § 5102 (d), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff failed to overcome defendants' prima facie showing of entitlement to summary judgment by providing evidence to demonstrate that the injuries she allegedly sustained in the accident resulted in a "significant limitation of use of a body function or system" (see Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955, 957 [1992]). An expert's conclusion that limitations in motion are permanent is not sufficient absent objective evidence of the severity of the asserted physical limitations (see Arjona v Calcano, 7 AD3d 279 [2004]; Noble v Ackerman, 252 AD2d 392, 394 [1998]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Sullivan, Williams, Friedman and Marlow, JJ.