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BRENDA M. PECH, appellant, v. YAEL TAXI CORP., ET AL., respondents.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated.

The defendants made a prima facie showing that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d) (see Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955, 957). In opposition to the motion for summary judgment, the plaintiff, inter alia, submitted magnetic resonance imaging (hereinafter MRI) reports taken approximately two months after the accident which revealed disc bulges in the cervical and lumbar portions of her spine. She also submitted an affirmation from a physician, and a medical report from another physician, which quantified restrictions in the range of motion of the plaintiff's cervical and lumbar spine based on both initial and recent examinations (see Toure v. Avis Rent A Car Sys., 98 N.Y.2d 345; Abedin v. Tynika Motors, 279 A.D.2d 595; Moreno v. Delcid, 262 A.D.2d 464, 465). The unsworn medical report of one of the physicians and the MRI reports were initially relied upon by the defendants, and were therefore properly before the court (see Raso v. Statewide Auto Auction, 262 A.D.2d 387). These submissions were sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether the plaintiff sustained a permanent or consequential limitation of the use of her cervical and lumbar spine (see Jacobowitz v. Roventini, 302 A.D.2d 432 [2d Dept., Feb. 10, 2003]).

ALTMAN, J.P., SMITH, LUCIANO, ADAMS and COZIER, JJ., concur.

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PECH v. YAEL TAXI CORP
(Mar 31, 2003)