TARJAVAARA v. CONSIDINE

159817/16. Appeal No. 12339. Case No. 2019-5920.

188 A.D.3d 509 (2020)

134 N.Y.S.3d 40

2020 NY Slip Op 06472

John Tarjavaara, Appellant, v. Lynda Considine et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided November 12, 2020.


Defendants established prima facie that plaintiff did not sustain an injury that resulted in the "permanent consequential limitation" or "significant limitation" of use of his right knee (Insurance Law § 5102[d]). Although defendants' medical expert noted some limitations in range of motion in plaintiff's right knee, he attributed this to plaintiff's preexisting, degenerative knee condition and obesity, and found no objective evidence of disability (see e.g. Macdelinne...

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