Snare v. Capitaland Taxi, Inc.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Reilly Jr., J.), entered April 14, 2016 in Schenectady County, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaints.

Plaintiff Earl Snare and his wife, derivatively, commenced these actions alleging that Snare sustained a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) when a taxicab owned by defendants and driven by one of defendants’ employees collided with the rear of his vehicle. After defendants answered, Supreme Court joined both actions for discovery and trial. Following an independent medical…