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Frank v. Jones

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 8, 1999
259 A.D.2d 517 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Summary

granting summary judgment where medical experts concluded that injuries pre-dated the accident

Summary of this case from Yeruham v. United States

Opinion

March 8, 1999

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Posner, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendants established that the plaintiff Francis Frank did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d). The affirmations of two physician experts submitted by the defendants were not sufficiently rebutted by the submissions of the plaintiffs ( see, Scheer v. Koubek, 70 N.Y.2d 678; Lopez v. Senatore, 65 N.Y.2d 1017, 1019; Licari v. Elliott, 57 N.Y.2d 230, 236). The defendants' experts observed no objective evidence of pain or loss of range of motion. Moreover, the mild stenosis and disc bulging suffered by the injured plaintiff were found by these experts to be of such a nature that they must have pre-existed the accident. There was no objective evidence submitted by the plaintiffs linking Mr. Frank's injuries with his absence from work for a two-year period ( see, Beckett v. Conte, 176 A.D.2d 774). In addition, the treating chiropractor's affidavit, submitted by the plaintiffs, does not contain any evidence that any of Mr. Frank's symptoms were caused "as a result" of the accident at issue ( cf., Pagano v. Kingsbury, 182 A.D.2d 268, 271).

Accordingly, the defendants were entitled to summary judgment ( see, Scheer v. Koubek, 70 N.Y.2d 678, supra; Lopez v. Senatore, 65 N.Y.2d 1017, 1019, supra).

Bracken, J. P., Thompson, Goldstein and McGinity, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Frank v. Jones

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 8, 1999
259 A.D.2d 517 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

granting summary judgment where medical experts concluded that injuries pre-dated the accident

Summary of this case from Yeruham v. United States
Case details for

Frank v. Jones

Case Details

Full title:FRANCIS FRANK et al., Appellants, v. GLORIA J. JONES et al., Respondents

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 8, 1999

Citations

259 A.D.2d 517 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
686 N.Y.S.2d 110

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