SULIMANOFF v. ASH TRANS CORP (1999)

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Madden, J.), entered on or about January 20, 1998, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff had not suffered “serious injury” as defined in Insurance Law § 5102(d), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

 Plaintiff's conclusory allegations of disability in the period following his accident were not sufficient to establish a prima facie case of “serious injury” within the meaning of the statute (see, Licari v. Elliott, 57 N.Y.2d 230, 238-239, 455 N.Y.S.2d 570, 441 N.E.2d 1088).   This deficiency was not remedied by plaintiff's physician's affidavit, premised upon little more than plaintiff's subjective complaints (see, Velez v. Cohan, 203 A.D.2d 156, 610 N.Y.S.2d 257).   Affidavits such as those submitted in opposition to the instant motion, relying entirely upon conclusory assertions tailored to meet statutory requirements, are plainly insufficient to sustain an action for which the “serious injury” threshold must be met (see, Lopez v. Senatore, 65 N.Y.2d 1017, 1019, 494 N.Y.S.2d 101, 484 N.E.2d 130).

MEMORANDUM DECISION.