Medley v. Lopez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Betty Owen Stinson, J), entered June 18, 2003, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff fails to adduce objective proof of a serious injury (Toure v Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 NY2d 345, 350 [2002]). Her doctor represents that a “traumatic internal derangement” to her left knee is “confirmed by an MRI revealing a tear of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus and a type II degenerative tear in the lateral meniscus.” However, the MRI report on which the doctor relies only…
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