Thompson v. Abbasi
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Marlow, J.
In the context of this appeal, we engage in the perennial debate over the issue of whether a plaintiff’s evidence of personal injury meets the statutory threshold set by Insurance Law § 5102 (d), “an elusive standard that all too frequently escapes facile and final resolution” (Brown v Achy, 9 AD3d 30, 31 [2004]). Consequently, we respectfully and simply urge that the “serious injury” threshold be the subject of High Court interpretation or statutory reform aimed at drawing a brighter line between those cases where a plaintiffs injuries are truly and verifiably…
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