Case Name: Elsie Hilaire, Respondent, v. Donna Trotta, Appellant. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-06-15
Citations: 140 A.D.3d 930
Docket Number: 
Parties: Elsie Hilaire, Respondent, v Donna Trotta, Appellant. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Judges: Dillon, J.P., Sgroi, Miller and Barros, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 140
Pages: 930–931

Head Matter:
Elsie Hilaire, Respondent, v Donna Trotta, Appellant. (And a Third-Party Action.)
[32 NYS3d 509]

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Rouse, J.), dated February 5, 2015, as denied that branch of her motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) as a result of the subject accident.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The defendant failed to meet her prima facie burden of show ing that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) as a result of the subject accident (see Toure v Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 NY2d 345 [2002]; Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955, 956-957 [1992]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, without regard to the sufficiency of the plaintiff's opposition papers (see Pleasant v M & Lenny Taxi Corp., 94 AD3d 1072, 1073 [2012]; Bangar v Man Sing Wong, 89 AD3d 1048, 1049 [2011]).
Dillon, J.P., Sgroi, Miller and Barros, JJ., concur.