Melo v. Grullon

Defendant established prima facie that plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury resulting in either a “permanent consequential” or a “signifícant” limitation of use of his lumbar spine by submitting an affirmation by a neurologist who examined plaintiff and found a full range of motion of the *453lumbar spine, and diagnosed him with a resolved lumbar sprain/ strain (see Baez v Boyd, 90 AD3d 524 [1st Dept 2011]).

In opposition, plaintiff raised an issue of fact by submitting an MRI report by his radiologist, who found a disc herniation at L4-5; a report by a physician who opined that a subsequent…