Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1996

Mohamed Rustam v. Azad Allie

Mohamed Rustam v. Azad Allie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 9, 1996
234 A.D.2d 355; 651 N.Y.S.2d 880; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12897
Mohamed Rustam v. Azad Allie

Opinion of the Court

—In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, *356etc., the plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (G. Aronin, J.), dated January 22, 1996, which, upon the granting of the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff Mohamed Rustam did not sustain a serious injury as defined by Insurance Law § 5102 (d), is in favor of the defendant and against them dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The defendant met his burden of demonstrating that the injured plaintiff did not suffer from any condition defined in the Insurance Law as a serious injury (see, Insurance Law § 5102 [d]). Plainly, the nature of the injured plaintiff’s cervical and lumbar injuries are insignificant within the meaning of the No-Fault statute (see, Rhind v Naylor, 187 AD2d 498; Partlow v Meehan, 155 AD2d 647). Rosenblatt, J. P., Thompson, Santucci and Altman, JJ., concur.

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