| Kyoung Yun Kim v Emkay Inc. Trust |
| 2012 NY Slip Op 00493 [91 AD3d 830] |
| January 24, 2012 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Kyoung Yun Kim, Appellant, v Emkay Inc. Trust et al., Respondents. |
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Perez & Varvaro, Uniondale, N.Y. (Alex M. Temple of counsel), for respondents.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Weiss, J.), entered November 30, 2010, which granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that she 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, and the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.
The defendants met their prima facie burden 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 NY2d 345 [2002]; Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955, 956-957 [1992]). The plaintiff alleged, inter alia, that as a result of the subject accident, she sustained certain injuries to the cervical and lumbosacral regions of her spine, her right shoulder, and her knee. The defendants submitted evidence establishing, prima facie, that the alleged injuries to the cervical and lumbosacral regions of the plaintiff's spine, her right shoulder, and knee did not constitute serious injuries within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see Rodriguez v Huerfano, 46 AD3d 794, 795 [2007]).
However, in opposition, the plaintiff submitted competent medical evidence raising a triable issue of fact as to whether the alleged injuries to the cervical and lumbosacral regions of her spine, and to her right shoulder, constituted serious injuries under the permanent consequential limitation of use or significant limitation of use categories of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see Perl v Meher, 18 NY3d 208, 218-219 [2011]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have denied the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
In light of the foregoing determination, the parties' remaining contentions have been rendered academic. Rivera, J.P., Eng, Chambers, Sgroi and Miller, JJ., concur.