Little v. Locoh

Decision Date16 March 2010
PartiesRichaun LITTLE, appellant, v. Fogan LOCOH, et al., respondents.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
897 N.Y.S.2d 183
71 A.D.3d 837


Richaun LITTLE, appellant,
v.
Fogan LOCOH, et al., respondents.


Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

March 16, 2010.

897 N.Y.S.2d 184

Edelman, Krasin & Jaye, PLLC, Carle Place, N.Y. (Thomas S. Russo of counsel), for appellant.

James Hiebler (Shayne, Dachs, Corker, Sauer & Dachs, LLP, Mineola, N.Y. [Jonathan A. Dachs], of counsel), for respondent Fogan Locoh.

Picciano & Scahill, P.C., Westbury, N.Y. (Francis J. Scahill and Andrea E. Ferrucci of counsel), for respondent Gloria Moultrie.

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., ANITA R. FLORIO, THOMAS A. DICKERSON, ARIEL E. BELEN, and SHERI S. ROMAN, JJ.

71 A.D.3d 837

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Grays, J.), dated March 20, 2009, which granted the defendants' separate motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against each of them on the

71 A.D.3d 838
ground that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d).

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs.

The Supreme Court properly determined that the defendants met their prima facie burdens 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 N.Y.2d 345, 746 N.Y.S.2d 865, 774 N.E.2d 1197; Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955, 956-957, 582 N.Y.S.2d 990, 591 N.E.2d 1176). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact.

The ambulance call report, hospital records, the reports of Drs. S.K. Reddy and Paul S. Raphael, and the therapy notes which the plaintiff submitted in opposition to the defendants' motions were unaffirmed and/or uncertified. Therefore, those submissions were without probative value and were insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether the plaintiff sustained a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d) ( see Grasso v. Angerami, 79 N.Y.2d 813, 580 N.Y.S.2d 178, 588 N.E.2d 76; Maffei v. Santiago, 63 A.D.3d 1011, 1012, 886 N.Y.S.2d 29; Niles v. Lam Pakie Ho, 61 A.D.3d 657, 658, 877 N.Y.S.2d 139; Uribe-Zapata v. Capallan, 54 A.D.3d 936, 937, 864 N.Y.S.2d 118; Patterson v. N.Y. Alarm Response Corp., 45 A.D.3d 656, 656, 850 N.Y.S.2d 114; Verette v. Zia, 44 A.D.3d 747, 748, 844 N.Y.S.2d 71;

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