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CARPLUK v. FRIEDMAN

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
Feb 10, 2000
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DECISION ORDER

HOWARD MILLER, JJ.

ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The evidence submitted by the defendants established, prima facie, that neither of the plaintiffs sustained a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law ยง 5102(d) (see, Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955 ; Lebron v. Camacho, 251 A.D.2d 295 ; Davis v. New York City Tr. Auth., 248 A.D.2d 428 ). The medical reports submitted in opposition to the motion did not constitute competent evidence (see, CPLR 2106; Grasso v. Angerami, 79 N.Y.2d 813, 814 ; Mobley v. Riportella, 241 A.D.2d 443 ; Attivisimo v. Kugler, 226 A.D.2d 658 ; Feintuch v. Grella, 209 A.D.2d 377 ) and the affirmation of the plaintiffs' attorney, which was based on incompetent evidence and was made without personal knowledge of the plaintiffs' injuries, was without evidentiary value (see, Sloan v. Schoen, 251 A.D.2d 319 ).

Moreover, the plaintiff Robert Carpluk failed to demonstrate that he was prevented from performing substantially all of the material acts which constituted his usual and customary daily activities for a period of not less than 90 days during the 180-day period immediately following the accident (see, Licari v. Elliott, 57 N.Y.2d 230 ;Atamian v. Mintz, 216 A.D.2d 430 ; Zelenak v. Clark, 170 A.D.2d 677 ;Phillips v. Costa, 160 A.D.2d 855 ; Ciaccio v. J R Home Improvements, 149 A.D.2d 558 ).