Lewis v Tejada
2009 NY Slip Op 01282 [59 AD3d 262]
February 19, 2009
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, April 1, 2009


Debra A. Lewis, Respondent,
v
Nicolas Tejada, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

[*1] Baker, McEvoy, Morrissey & Moskovits, P.C., New York (Stacy R. Seldin of counsel), for appellant.

Louis Atilano, Bronx, for respondent.

Order, 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 plaintiff 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 plaintiff's 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.P., Friedman, Gonzalez, Catterson and Renwick, JJ.