Amaechi v. Clark

OPINION

MENZA, J.S.C.

The defendants move for summary judgment, contending that the plaintiff, Louise E. Clark, has failed to meet category nine of the verbal threshold, N.J.S.A 39:6A-8(a) (disability for ninety days).

The plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident on December 13,1991. Her doctor diagnosed her condition as a “post-traumatic injury” (sprain and strain) to the neck, chest, lower back, left calf and left knee. A consulting physician render a diagnosis of lumbar radiculopathy. The plaintiff contends that she meets *188category nine of the verbal threshold1 because she became…