Case Name: Anthony P. Balzano et al., Respondents, v. Francine Goode, Defendant, and James Felton, Appellant. (Action No. 1.); Anthony P. Balzano et al., Respondents, v. Francine Goode, Defendant, and James Felton, Appellant. (Action No. 2.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-05-26
Citations: 250 A.D.2d 793
Docket Number: 
Parties: Anthony P. Balzano et al., Respondents, v Francine Goode, Defendant, and James Felton, Appellant. (Action No. 1.) Anthony P. Balzano et al., Respondents, v Francine Goode, Defendant, and James Felton, Appellant. (Action No. 2.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 250
Pages: 793–794

Head Matter:
Anthony P. Balzano et al., Respondents, v Francine Goode, Defendant, and James Felton, Appellant. (Action No. 1.) Anthony P. Balzano et al., Respondents, v Francine Goode, Defendant, and James Felton, Appellant. (Action No. 2.)
[671 NYS2d 1012]

Opinion:
—In related actions to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant James Felton appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Floyd, J.), dated June 13, 1997, which denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaints in both actions insofar as asserted against him on the ground that the injured plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
We agree with the Supreme Court that there is an issue of fact as to whether the injured plaintiff sustained a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see, Mariaca-Olmos v Mizrhy, 226 AD2d 437; see also, Puma v Player, 233 AD2d 308; Flanagan v Hoeg, 212 AD2d 756; Jackson v United Parcel Serv., 204 AD2d 605). Bracken, J. P., Copertino, Santucci, Florio and McGinity, JJ., concur.