Brusso v. Imbeault

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that doctor’s report was “fatal[ly] inadequa[te]” where it did “not even reflect an opinion that [plaintiff] has suffered a permanent or significant limitation”
• observing that “the plaintiff must come forward with at least enough evidence from which a rational jury could conclude that the accident, and not the preexisting condition, was the cause of her claimed injuries[]’””
• stating physician’s independent medical examination report is sufficient to satisfy defendant’s initial burden to show there was no serious injury within meaning of statute
• finding physician’s report prepared after an independent medical examination of plaintiff and after reviewing plaintiff's past medical records was “sufficient to satisfy defendants’ initial burden”
• “[A] plaintiffs deposition testimony alone is insufficient to- defeat a motion for summary judgment.”

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