Jeffers v. Styte Transit Inc.

Defendants failed to make a prima facie showing that plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury to her right knee. An MRI of the knee taken less than three weeks after the accident showed that plaintiff had sustained “a linear tear of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus with a second small tear of the free edge of the body of the medial meniscus.” Defendants’ expert, Dr. Katzman, failed to address the positive findings on the MRI, *577and indeed, does not appear to have reviewed any of the relevant medical records, including contemporaneous reports of diminished ranges of motion. Dr.…