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JOHNSON v. BURKE McCOWEN

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
May 17, 2004
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DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the appeal from the order entered June 25, 2003, is dismissed, as that order was superseded by so much of the order entered December 10, 2003, as was made upon reargument; and it is further,

ORDERED that the order dated December 10, 2003, is affirmed insofar as appealed from; and it is further,

ORDERED that one bill of costs is awarded to the defendants.

The defendants made a prima facie showing that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law ยง 5102(d) as a result of the subject motor vehicle accident ( see Toure v. Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 N.Y.2d 345; Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955). The affirmations of the plaintiff's physicians were insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact. It is well settled that subjective complaints of pain and limitation of motion must be substantiated by verified objective medical findings ( see Kauderer v. Penta, 261 A.D.2d 365; Carroll v. Jennings, 264 A.D.2d 494).

Accordingly, the defendants were entitled to summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit.

ALTMAN, J.P., KRAUSMAN, GOLDSTEIN and MASTRO, JJ., concur.