In this personal injury action arising out of an automobile accident, the parties stipulated that plaintiff suffered $8,000 in lost wages that she would have earned during an absence of two months from work over the course of the three-year period immediately following the accident. Basic economic loss may not be recovered in a plenary action by one covered person against another covered person (Insurance Law § 5104 [a]). Basic economic loss means up to $50,000 per person for, inter alia, loss of earnings of no more than $2,000 per month for not more than three years from the date of the accident (Insurance Law § 5102 [a] [2]). Accordingly, plaintiff, a covered person, is only entitled to recover, in a plenary action against another covered person, lost earnings that exceed the basic economic loss threshold ( see Canfield v Beach, 305 AD2d 440). Since plaintiffs lost earnings for the three-year period did not reach the $50,000 threshold, she cannot recover any of that amount in this plenary action.
We have considered plaintiffs remaining arguments and find them without merit.