Allocca v. Pepper

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Davis, J.), dated December 11, 1997, which denied their 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 affirmed, with costs.

We agree with the Supreme Court that the defendants failed to meet their initial burden of demonstrating that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d), and thus, they were not entitled to summary judgment (see generally, Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955 , 956-957; Licari v Elliott, 57 NY2d 230 ). S. Miller, J. P., Sullivan, Friedmann, Luciano and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.