Case Name: Danny McBride, Appellant, v. Jeffrey DeMartine et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-02-07
Citations: 15 A.D.3d 362
Docket Number: 
Parties: Danny McBride, Appellant, v Jeffrey DeMartine et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 362–362

Head Matter:
Danny McBride, Appellant, v Jeffrey DeMartine et al., Respondents.
[788 NYS2d 867]

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Fagones, J.), dated October 28, 2003, which granted the defendants' motion 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).
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated.
In support of their motion for summary judgment, the defendants failed to make a prima facie showing that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see Toure v Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 NY2d 345 [2002]; Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955 [1992]; McPhaul-Morgan v E.L. Corp., 12 AD3d 353 [2004]). Thus, the motion should have been denied regardless of the sufficiency of the plaintiffs opposing papers (see Winegrad v New York Univ. Med. Ctr., 64 NY2d 851 [1985]; McPhaul-Morgan v E.L. Corp., supra). H. Miller, J.E, Schmidt, Ritter, Crane and Skelos, JJ., concur.