Plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages arising from the occurrence of two (2) motor vehicle accidents in which she was involved, one on February 8, 2001 and another on March 3, 2001. The first accident occurred while the plaintiff was operating a motor vehicle owned by her which came into contact with a vehicle owned by defendant Avila and operated by defendant Hernandez. The second accident occurred while the plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle owned and operated by the moving defendant, Stephen J. Horn, which came into contact with a vehicle owned and operated by defendants, Gionina and Haubrich and then came into contact with a vehicle owned and operated by defendant Slattery.
By her complaint, the plaintiff alleges, inter alia, that as a result of the subject motor vehicle accidents, she became “sick, sore, lame and disabled, and so remains, and suffers great physical and mental pains.” In paragraph 16. of her bill of particulars, the plaintiff details the various physical injuries attributable to the March 3, 2001 accident, with which the moving defendant, Stephen J. Horn, is concerned and for which the plaintiff seeks compensatory damages. Among the injuries listed therein are “aggravation and/or activation and/or precipitation and/or reactivation and/or acceleration of pre-existing neck, back and headache conditions, which conditions worsened and became unbearable painful and disabling due to the automobile collisions and trauma” and “emotional reaction to the foregoing collision injuries and their sequale.” The bill of particulars further details that “the March 3, 2001 automobile collisions were a substantial factor in bringing about plaintiff’s substantial confinement to home . . . ” and “ in bring about plaintiff’s total disability from March 3, 2001 to date and continuing.” Plaintiff further asserted that “based upon the severity of the injuries sustained in the March 3, 2001 automobile collisions and the persistence of the foregoing symptoms, restrictions and limitations, it is believed the plaintiff’s foregoing injuries are permanent.” The record also indicates that the plaintiff was injured in a slip-and-fall accident in 2000 in which she sustained injuries to the head, face and neck.
