On August 17, 2016, the Appellate Division, Second Department issued a decision affirming the jury’s verdict that the plaintiff did not sustain a “serious injury” within the meaning of Insurance Law section 5102(d) and also affirming the denial of the plaintiff’s motion for judgment as a matter of law in Serrano v. Rachel’s Car Service, Inc. At trial, the plaintiff presented evidence that he underwent a discectomy of two vertebrae in his back, suffered loss range of motion i