Case Name: Lawrence A. Rawa, Respondent, v. Carmella Kroeger et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-07-12
Citations: 229 A.D.2d 947
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lawrence A. Rawa, Respondent, v Carmella Kroeger et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 229
Pages: 947–947

Head Matter:
Lawrence A. Rawa, Respondent, v Carmella Kroeger et al., Appellants.
[646 NYS2d 473]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and complaint dismissed. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. Defendants established prima facie that plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury, and plaintiff "failed to sustain [his] burden of making ' "a prima facie showing of serious injury sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact" ' " (Eldred v Stoddard, 217 AD2d 952, 952-953; see, Insurance Law § 5102 [d]). The "certified report" of plaintiffs physician was based upon plaintiff's subjective complaints and was not sufficient to establish a serious injury (see, Eldred v Stoddard, supra, at 953). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Gorski, J.—Summary Judgment.) Present—Pine, J. P., Fallon, Wesley, Balio and Boehm, JJ.