Case Name: Saverio Maimone, Appellant, v. Kristen A. Lutrario et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2015-08-19
Citations: 131 A.D.3d 592
Docket Number: 
Parties: Saverio Maimone, Appellant, v Kristen A. Lutrario et al., Respondents.
Judges: Balkin, J.P., Austin, Duffy and Barros, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 131
Pages: 592–593

Head Matter:
Saverio Maimone, Appellant, v Kristen A. Lutrario et al., Respondents.
[14 NYS3d 920]

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rothenberg, J.), dated August 1, 2014, 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) as a result of the subject accident.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.
The defendants met their prima facie burden of showing 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]). The defendants submitted competent medical evidence establishing, prima facie, that the alleged injuries to the cervical and lumbar regions of the plaintiff's spine did not constitute serious injuries under the permanent consequential limitation of use or significant limitation of use categories of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see Staff v Yshua, 59 AD3d 614 [2009]).
In opposition, however, the plaintiff raised triable issues of fact as to whether he sustained serious injuries to the cervical and lumbar regions of his spine (see Perl v Meher, 18 NY3d 208, 218-219 [2011]). Therefore, the Supreme Court should have denied the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Balkin, J.P., Austin, Duffy and Barros, JJ., concur.