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VICTORIA GRAVES, RESPONDENT, v. RUI LIU, ET AL., APPELLANTS.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The defendants established a prima facie case that the plaintiff's injuries were not serious through the affirmed report of Dr. Harvey Grable, an orthopedic surgeon, whose examination failed to reveal any objective signs to confirm any of plaintiff's subjective complaints (see, Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955).

The affidavit by Dr. John Lancaster, a chiropractor, which the plaintiff submitted in opposition to the motion, failed to provide an adequate explanation for the approximately 22-month lag between the plaintiff's medical treatment in February 1997 and her subsequent visit to Dr. Lancaster in January 1999 (see, Marshall v. Albano, 182 A.D.2d 614). In addition, Dr. Lancaster failed to set forth what objective tests he performed in arriving at the conclusions regarding alleged restrictions in the plaintiff's range of motion (see, Grossman v. Wright, 268 A.D.2d 79 [2d Dept., May 8, 2000]; Smith v. Askew, 264 A.D.2d 834).

The plaintiff also failed to demonstrate that she suffered from a medically-determined injury which prevented her from performing substantially all of her customary and usual activities for at least 90 days during the 180 days immediately following the accident (see, Insurance Law § 5102[d]; Nunez v. Dabrowski, 185 A.D.2d 269).

Accordingly, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact and the defendants are entered to summary judgment (see, CPLR 3212[b]).

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GRAVES v. RUI LIU
(Jul 26, 2000)