Case Name: Mona L. Assael, Appellant, v. Kristen M. Marth et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-12-09
Citations: 300 A.D.2d 329
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mona L. Assael, Appellant, v Kristen M. Marth et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 300
Pages: 329–330

Head Matter:
Mona L. Assael, Appellant, v Kristen M. Marth et al., Respondents.
[751 NYS2d 315]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (McCaffrey, J.), entered December 6, 2001, which granted the separate motions of the defendants for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them on the ground that she did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d).
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with one bill of costs, the motions are denied, and the complaint is reinstated.
The defendants made a prima facie showing that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955). However, the plaintiff's admissible evidence, an affirmation from a medical expert discussing, inter alia, the magnetic resonance imaging films he reviewed which showed cervical herniations, and the range of motion testing he performed during a recent examination, which indicated specific limitations in the range of motion of the plaintiff's cervical spine, was sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact (see Toure v Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 NY2d 345; Kauderer v Penta, 261 AD2d 365). Accordingly, the Supreme Court erred in granting the defendants' separate motions for summary judgment, and the complaint is reinstated. Santucci, J.P., Smith, Goldstein, H. Miller and Mastro, JJ., concur.