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BARRETT v. JEANNOT

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
May 23, 2005
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Ordered that the application is granted and the appeal by the defendant Carlos Isaac is dismissed as withdrawn; and it is further,

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from by the defendants David Jeannot and Menz Smith; and it is further,

Ordered that one bill of costs is awarded to the plaintiff payable by the defendants David Jeannot and Menz Smith.

The plaintiff made a satisfactory demonstration of the manner in which the Supreme Court overlooked or misapprehended matters of fact or law in rendering its original decision. Accordingly, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the plaintiff's motion for leave to reargue ( see CPLR 2221 [d] [2]).

Moreover, upon reargument, the Supreme Court properly denied the motion of the defendants David Jeannot and Menz Smith (hereinafter the defendants) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them. The affirmations of the defendants' medical experts were insufficient to establish a prima facie showing that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury ( see Toure v. Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 NY2d 345; Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 NY2d 955). The defendants' examining orthopedist failed to "`set forth the objective test or tests performed' supporting [his] claims that there was no limitation of range of motion" ( Black v. Robinson, 305 AD2d 438, quoting Gamberg v. Romeo, 289 AD2d 525; see Zavala v. DeSantis, 1 AD3d 354; Junco v. Ranzi, 288 AD2d 440), and the defendants' examining neurologist offered no opinion as to the limitations in functioning alleged by the plaintiff. Under these circumstances, we need not consider the sufficiency or insufficiency of the plaintiff's opposition papers ( see Coscia v. 938 Trading Corp., 283 AD2d 538; Mariaca-Olmos v. Mizrhy, 226 AD2d 437).