Opinion
September 19, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Friedmann, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff provided evidence at trial that because of injuries sustained in an automobile accident with the appellant Wa P. Law, he was unable to return to work as a cab driver. Approximately 17 months after the accident, the plaintiff took a job which did not require him to sit for extended periods of time. Contrary to the argument of the defendants, the plaintiff's evidence was sufficient to establish a prima facie case of "serious injury" under Insurance Law § 5102 (d) which prevented him from performing his usual and customary daily activities for not less than 90 of the 180 days following the occurrence (see, Gant v. Sparacino, 203 A.D.2d 515). Bracken, J.P., Miller, Copertino, Santucci and Altman, JJ., concur.