Legal Opinion
Dufel v. Green
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 16, 1995PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
The question submitted is whether it constituted error in this personal injury action for plaintiffs doctors to testify that she sustained (1) a "permanent consequential limitation of use of a body organ or member” and (2) "significant limitation of use of a body function or system”, two of the statutory components of the "serious injury” threshold as defined by Insurance Law § 5102 (d). We conclude that it did not.
Plaintiff commenced this action seeking to recover damages for injuries to her right ankle and knee sustained when the vehicle she was driving…
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