Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The qualification of a witness to testify as an expert is a matter that rests in the sound discretion of the trial court, and the court's determination should not be disturbed on appeal in the absence of a serious mistake, an error of law, or an improvident exercise of discretion (see Meiselman v Crown Hgts. Hosp., 285 N.Y. 389, 398-399 [1941]; Felicia v Boro Crescent Corp.,
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