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In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lane, J.), dated February 2, 2015, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that she did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) as a result of the subject accident.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.
In opposition, however, the plaintiff submitted competent medical evidence which raised a triable issue of fact as to whether she sustained a serious injury to the lumbar region of her spine under the permanent consequential limitation of use or significant limitation of use categories of Insurance Law § 5102 (d) (see Perl v Meher, 18 NY3d 208 , 218-219 [2011]).
The defendants’ remaining contention is without merit.
Accordingly, the Supreme Court should have denied the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Hall, J.P., Austin, Sgroi and LaSalle, JJ., concur.
Cases cited
- Toure v. Avis Rent A Car Systems, Inc. 98 NY2d 345 p. 1216
- Staff v. Yshua 59 AD3d 614 p. 1216
- Perl v. Meher 18 NY3d 208 at 218-219 p. 1216