Case Name: Lynne Peel, Respondent, v. Marjorie H. Jordan, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-03-14
Citations: 202 A.D.2d 485
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lynne Peel, Respondent, v Marjorie H. Jordan, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 202
Pages: 485–486

Head Matter:
Lynne Peel, Respondent, v Marjorie H. Jordan, Appellant.
[609 NYS2d 74]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Baisley, J.), dated December 16, 1991, which denied her motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the defendant's motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
The plaintiff's subjective complaints of ringing in the ear, and her minor bruises, are insufficient to make out a prima facie case of "serious injury" within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d). Accordingly, the court should have granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint (see, Insurance Law § 5104 [a]; Scheer v Koubek, 70 NY2d 678; Licari v Elliott, 57 NY2d 230). Sullivan, J. P., Pizzuto, Joy and Goldstein, JJ., concur.