Forster v. Novic

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lucindo Suarez, J.), entered on or about December 2, 2013, which granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against them on the issue of serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendants established prima facie that plaintiff did not sustain “significant disfigurement” (Insurance Law § 5102 [d]) as a result of the motor vehicle accident. Their plastic surgeon described the scar on plaintiffs forehead as “well healed” and “barely perceptible,” and their neurologist…