Rodriguez v. Prieto
Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Franco, J.), entered April 21, 2000, which denied her 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 granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
The defendant established a prima facie case that the plaintiffs injuries were not serious through, inter alia, the affirmed report of a neurologist, who found, upon examination, that the plaintiff was “totally normal” (see, Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955, 956-957). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a
The plaintiffs claim as to the timeliness of the defendant’s motion is raised for the first time on appeal and therefore has not been reached by this Court (see, Shelton v Shelton, 151 AD2d 659). Santucci, J. P., Altman, Luciano and H. Miller, JJ., concur.
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