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- Patel v. Edmund, 2025 NY Slip Op 02216 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't 2025).published "Once the plaintiff establishes its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, the burden shifts to the defendant to establish, by admissible evidence, the existence of a triable issue with respect to a bona fide defense" ( Cu…
v.
Joseph J. Lassiter
The movants failed to make a prima facie showing that the plaintiff Scott M. Cracolici (hereinafter the injured plaintiff) did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) as a result of the subject accident (see Toure v Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 NY2d 345 [2002]; Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955, 956-957 [1992]). Since the movants failed to meet their initial burden, their motion for summary judgment should have been denied without regard to the sufficiency of the opposing papers (see Hughes v Cai, 31 AD3d 385, 385-386 [2006]; see also Coscia v 938 Trading Corp., 283 AD2d 538 [2001]). Fisher, J.E, Lifson, Covello, Balkin and Belen, JJ., concur.