Hayles v. Malachi

— In an action, inter alla, to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Levine, J.), dated June 25, 1987, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against her in the principal sum of $24,500.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

Viewing the evidence adduced at trial in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, we find that the jury’s determination that the plaintiff sustained "serious injury” within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d), was supported by legally sufficient evidence (see,…