In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Huttner, J.), entered February 23, 2004, which, upon the granting of the defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 4401
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the plaintiff’s contention, it was a provident exercise of discretion to preclude the admission into evidence of magnetic resonance imaging films in fight of the plaintiffs failure to comply with the requirements of CPLR 4532-a and 22 NYCRR 202.17 (see Neils v Darmochwal, 6 AD3d 589 [2004]; Jemmott v Lazofsky, 5 AD3d 558 [2004]; Wagman v Bradshaw, 292 AD2d 84 [2002]; Grassi v Carolina Barbeque, 254 AD2d 38 [1998]).
The plaintiffs additional contention that the trial court erred in granting the defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law at the close of the plaintiff’s case is without merit. There was no evidence of causation (see Andre v Seem, 234 AD2d 325 [1996]; cf. Bonner v Hill, 302 AD2d 544, 545 [2003]), and there was insufficient evidence that the plaintiff sustained a serious injury (see Insurance Law § 5102 [d]). Florio, J.P., Krausman, Townes, Mastro and Fisher, JJ., concur.