Grullon v Rodriguez
Annotate this CaseDecided on November 10, 2010
APPELLATE TERM OF THE SUPREME COURT, FIRST DEPARTMENT
PRESENT: Schoenfeld, J.P., Shulman, Hunter, Jr., JJ
570569/10.
Katherine Grullon, Plaintiff-Appellant,
against
Jackson Rodriguez, Defendant-Respondent.
Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County
(Nelida Malave-Gonzalez, J.), entered March 31, 2010, which granted defendant's motion for
summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Per Curiam.
Order (Nelida Malave-Gonzalez, J.), entered March 31, 2010, affirmed, with $10 costs.
In opposition to defendant's prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of
law dismissing the complaint, plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue with respect to whether she
sustained a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d). Plaintiff offered
no objective medical findings contemporaneous with the motor vehicle accident supporting her
claim of serious injury (see Valentin v Pomilla,59 AD3d 184 [2009]; Thompson v
Abbasi, 15 AD3d 95 [2005]), and the unexplained gap of more than one month between the
accident and the commencement of treatment interrupted any chain of causation (see Henry v
Peguero,72 AD3d 600 [2010], appeal dismissed 15 NY3d 820 [2010]). Moreover,
plaintiff failed to provide a reasonable explanation for the cessation of treatment three months
after the accident (see Barner v Shahid,73 AD3d 593 [2010]; Cekic v Zapata,69
AD3d 464 [2010]).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.
Decision Date: November 10, 2010
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