This is a personal injury action arising from an automobile accident. In determining a motion for summary judgment where the issue is whether the plaintiff has sustained a serious injury as defined by Insurance Law § 5102 (d), the initial burden is on the defendant to present competent evidence that the plaintiff has no cause of action (see Rodriguez v Goldstein,
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