Case Name: Joseph Smith, Appellant, v. Craig Roberts et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2015-08-11
Citations: 131 A.D.3d 423
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Smith, Appellant, v Craig Roberts et al., Respondents.
Judges: Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P., Friedman, Richter, Manzanet-Daniels and Gische, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 131
Pages: 423–424

Head Matter:
Joseph Smith, Appellant, v Craig Roberts et al., Respondents.
[13 NYS3d 896]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mary Ann Brigantti-Hughes, J.), entered April 9, 2014, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident, granted defendants' motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendants established their entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting evidence showing that plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury to his spine and right knee (Insurance Law § 5102 [d]).
In opposition, plaintiff failed to offer evidence of permanent consequential limitations in his knee or spine.
Defendants met their burden on the 90/180-day category via plaintiff's testimony that he missed three days of work following the accident (see Williams v Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc., 70 AD3d 522 [1st Dept 2010]). That plaintiff subsequently missed approximately a year of work following surgery that was conducted several months after the accident is not determinative of a 90/180-day injury (see Nicholas v Cablevision Sys. Corp., 116 AD3d 567, 568 [1st Dept 2014]).
Concur — Mazzarelli, J.P., Friedman, Richter, Manzanet-Daniels and Gische, JJ.