Legal Opinion
Curry v. Velez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 6, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Barasch, J.), dated July 11, 1996, which denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint based upon the plaintiff’s failure to sustain a serious injury as defined by Insurance Law § 5102 (d).
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion for summary judgment is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
As a result of the subject accident, the plaintiff was incapacitated from her employment for a period of approximately four weeks…
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