Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendants submitted sufficient evidence to establish, as a matter of law, that the plaintiff John E. Smith did not sustain a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102. Thus, the burden shifted to the plaintiffs to come forward with sufficient evidence to raise a triable issue of fact (see, Gaddy v Eyler,
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