Case Name: Denise F. Feaster, Respondent, v. Cablevision Systems, Appellant, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-03-30
Citations: 137 A.D.3d 1201
Docket Number: 
Parties: Denise F. Feaster, Respondent, v Cablevision Systems, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
Judges: Mastro, J.R, Hall, Miller and LaSalle, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 137
Pages: 1201–1201

Head Matter:
Denise F. Feaster, Respondent, v Cablevision Systems, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
[27 NYS3d 398]

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant Cablevision Systems appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schmidt, J.), dated November 10, 2014, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it 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, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly denied the motion of the defendant Cablevision Systems (hereinafter the defendant) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it 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. The defendant failed to make a prima facie 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 defendant's motion papers failed to adequately address the plaintiff's allegation that she sustained a medically determined injury or impairment of a nonpermanent nature which prevented her from performing substantially all of the material acts which constituted her usual and customary daily activities for not less than 90 days during the 180 days immediately following the subject accident (see Che Hong Kim v Kossoff, 90 AD3d 969 [2011]; Rouach v Betts, 71 AD3d 977 [2010]).
In light of the defendant's failure to meet its prima facie burden, it is unnecessary to determine whether the papers submitted by the plaintiff in opposition were sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact (see Che Hong Kim v Kossoff, 90 AD3d at 969). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it.
Mastro, J.R, Hall, Miller and LaSalle, JJ., concur.