Castrillon v. Oulabed — 57 A.D.3d 470

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Juan Carlos Castrillon et al., Appellants, v Khalid Oulabed et al., Respondents.

[867 NYS2d 922]

The defendants met their prima facie burden of showing that the plaintiff Juan Carlos Castrillon (hereinafter the injured 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]). In opposition, the plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact. The plaintiffs’ submissions either did not constitute competent medical evidence in admissible form (see Grasso v Angerami, 79 NY2d 813 , 814-815 [1991]; Pagano v Kingsbury, 182 AD2d 268 , 270 [1992]), or otherwise failed to establish that the injured plaintiff sustained a serious injury under any statutory definition of the term (see Eldrainy

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v Hassain, 56 AD3d 419 [2008]; Krauer v Hines, 55 AD3d 881 [2008]; Deutsch v Tenempaguay, 48 AD3d 614 , 615 [2008]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. Rivera, J.E, Dillon, Covello and McCarthy, JJ., concur.

Cases cited

Toure v. Avis Rent A Car Systems, Inc. 98 NY2d 345 N.Y. 2002-07-09 p. 470
Grasso v. Angerami 79 NY2d 813 N.Y. 1991-12-23 at 814-815 p. 470
Pagano v. Kingsbury 182 AD2d 268 N.Y. App. Div. 1992-09-14 at 270 p. 470
Krauer v. Hines 55 AD3d 881 N.Y. App. Div. 2008-10-28 p. 471

Statutes and regulations cited

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