Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2009

Lewis v. Tejada

Lewis v. Tejada
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided February 19, 2009
59 A.D.3d 262; 872 N.Y.S.2d 677
Lewis v. Tejada

Opinion of the Court

Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth L. Thompson, Jr., J.), entered July 8, 2008, which denied defendant Nicolas Tejada’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that *263plaintiff did not sustain a “serious injury” within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

While defendant satisfied his initial burden of presenting a prima facie case that plaintiff did not suffer serious injury, the submissions of plaintiffs expert were sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact on that question. Plaintiff also raised issues of fact as to her 90/180-day claim. Concur—Mazzarelli, J.E, Friedman, Gonzalez, Catterson and Renwick, JJ.

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