Legal Opinion
Alexander v. Felago
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 30, 2002PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*763The appellant established a prima facie case that the plaintiff Vanessa Riddick did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) as a result of an automobile accident on December 31, 1997. The appellant presented evidence that Riddick sustained her claimed present injuries in a prior automobile accident in August 1996, and that she sustained only an exacerbation of preexisting cervical and lumbar strain as a result of the instant accident (see Gaddy v Eyler, 79 NY2d 955, 956-957; Castaldo v Migliore, 291 AD2d 526; Puccio v Pazienza, 289 AD2d 316; Watt v Eastern…
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