Legal Opinion
Bitici v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 18, 1997PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered February 19, 1997, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to meet the “serious injury” threshold required by Insurance Law § 5102 (d), unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied, and the complaint reinstated.
Plaintiff Zoya Bitici was injured when the car she was driving was struck by a city bus driven by defendant Mencher. The sole reason stated in the court’s order granting summary judgment was that “it was not until 2V2 years after the…
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