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BONNIE G. GREENE, et al., respondents, v. JOSE MIRANDA, 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 affirmed medical reports which the defendants submitted in support of their motion for summary judgment made out a prima facie case that the plaintiff Bonnie G. Greene (hereinafter Greene) did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102(d) as a result of the subject accident (see, Gaddy v. Eyler, 79 N.Y.2d 955). The plaintiffs' opposition papers failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether Greene sustained a serious injury. While the plaintiffs submitted evidence that Greene suffered from herniated discs and a bulging disc, they failed to provide any objective evidence of the extent or degree of the alleged physical limitations resulting from these disc injuries and their duration (see, Grossman v. Wright, ___ A.D.2d ___ [2d Dept., May 8, 2000]; Guzman v. Paul Michael Management, 266 A.D.2d 508; Noble v. Ackerman, 252 A.D.2d 392, 394), or that the 1996 accident was a proximate cause of these disc injuries (see, Cacaccio v. Martin, 235 A.D.2d 384; Waaland v. Weiss, 228 A.D.2d 435; Beckett v. Conte, 176 A.D.2d 774).

Moreover, the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that Greene was prevented from performing substantially all of the material acts which constituted her usual and customary daily activities for a period of not less than 90 days during the 180-day period immediately following the accident (see, Licari v. Elliott, 57 N.Y.2d 230; Buonaiuto v. Shulberg, 254 A.D.2d 384; Ciaccio v. J R Home Improvements, 149 A.D.2d 558).

O'BRIEN, J.P., ALTMAN, FRIEDMANN, McGINITY, and SMITH, JJ., concur.

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GREENE v. MIRANDA
(May 15, 2000)