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MARIA LAURETTA, APPELLANT, v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, ET AL., RESPONDENTS (AND ANOTHER TITLE).

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ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs.

In support of their motions for summary judgment, the defendants submitted medical evidence which established that the plaintiff had not sustained a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law 5102(d) (see, Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955). The burden then shifted to the plaintiff to come forward with admissible proof to raise a triable issue of fact (see, Grossman v. Wright, 268 A.D.2d 79 [2d Dept., May 8, 2000]; Joseph v. Cherry, 269 A.D.2d 498 [2d Dept., Feb. 22, 2000]). Contrary to the plaintiff's contention, the affidavits prepared by Dr. Alfred Malinov and Dr. Bert S. Horwitz did not provide the verified objective medical evidence necessary to sustain this burden. Neither physician indicated that he had performed objective tests to verify the plaintiff's subjective complaints of pain and quantify her alleged limitation of motion (see, Grossman v. Wright, supra), or explained the gap of approximately six years between the plaintiff's final medical treatment and their affidavits submitted in opposition to the motions (see, Nikolopolous v. Brown, 270 A.D.2d 240 [2d Dept., Mar. 6, 2000]; Miller v. Donohue, 250 A.D.2d 825). Furthermore, the plaintiff's allegation in her affidavit that she was forced to curtail recreational and household activities was insufficient to demonstrate that she had sustained a medically-determined injury or impairment which prevented her from performing substantially all of the material acts constituting her normal daily activities for not less than 90 of the first 180 days following the accident (see, Insurance Law § 5102[d]; Rum v. Pam Transp., 250 A.D.2d 751).

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LAURETTA v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
(Jun 5, 2000)