Reported in New York Official Reports at KJC Chiropractic, P.C. v Hartford Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51792(U))
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
against
Hartford Insurance Company, Appellant.
Law Offices of Tobias & Kuhn (Michael V. Dimartini and Alina Worthalter-Green of counsel), for appellant. The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Michael Gerstein, J.), entered June 7, 2017. The order, insofar as appealed from and as limited by the brief, implicitly denied defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed, with $30 costs, and defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff moved for summary judgment, and defendant cross-moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground of lack of coverage, in that defendant had, prior to the accident at issue, cancelled the policy for nonpayment of the premium. Defendant appeals, as limited by the brief, from so much of an order of the Civil Court entered June 7, 2017 as implicitly denied defendant’s cross motion.
Upon a review of the record, we find that defendant sufficiently established that, in [*2]accordance with Vehicle and Traffic Law § 313 (1), defendant had mailed the policy cancellation letter to the insured, with a cancellation date that was effective prior to the accident, and that defendant had filed a copy of the notice of cancellation with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) within 30 days of the effective date of the cancellation, pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law § 313 (2) (a) (see Bullock v Hanover Ins. Co., 144 AD2d 416, 417 [1988]; cf. Matter of Progressive Classic Ins. Co. v Kitchen, 46 AD3d 333 [2007]; Matter of Material Damage Adj. Corp. v King, 1 AD3d 439 [2003]; Art of Healing Medicine, P.C. v Allstate Ins. Co., 54 Misc 3d 46 [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2016]). Thus, defendant has demonstrated that the cancellation is effective with respect to plaintiff’s assignor, who was not the named insured or a member of the insured’s household (see Vehicle and Traffic Law § 313 [3]; Matter of Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v Vidale, 207 AD2d 489 [1994] [in which the insurance policy was cancelled effective May 16, 1991, the accident occurred on June 1, 1991, and the insurer sent notice of the policy cancellation to the DMV on June 10, 1991, and the court held that the insurer had met its burden of proving that its policy was validly cancelled as to the third parties]). Consequently, defendant should have been awarded summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Accordingly, the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed and defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.
PESCE, P.J., WESTON and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 01, 2019
Reported in New York Official Reports at Global Liberty Ins. Co. v Evans (2019 NY Slip Op 07716)
| Global Liberty Ins. Co. v Evans |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 07716 [176 AD3d 599] |
| October 29, 2019 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
[*1]
| Global Liberty Insurance Co., Appellant, v Akeem Evans et al., Defendants, and SML Acupuncture, P.C., Respondent. |
The Law Office of Jason Tenenbaum, P.C., Garden City (Talia Beard of counsel), for appellant.
Gary Tsirelman, P.C., Brooklyn (Stefan Belinfanti of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Rubén Franco, J.), entered on or about April 9, 2019, which, as limited by the briefs, denied Global’s motion for summary judgment to declare it does not owe no fault coverage to health care provider defendant SML Acupuncture, P.C. (SML) because defendant-assignor Akeem Evans failed to attend two properly scheduled examinations under oath (EUOs), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Based on the claims adjuster’s conflicting affidavits and an application for no-fault benefits that was dated September 15, 2015, and stamped as received by facsimile on October 11, 2011, Global failed to provide evidence sufficient to prove that the EUO letters were timely mailed (see Unitrin Advantage Ins. Co. v All of NY, Inc., 158 AD3d 449, 449 [1st Dept 2018]; National Liab. & Fire Ins. Co. v Tam Med. Supply Corp., 131 AD3d 851 [1st Dept 2015]; American Tr. Ins. Co. v Longevity Med. Supply, Inc., 131 AD3d 841, 841 [1st Dept 2015]).
Summary judgment was also correctly denied because issues of facts arise as to why Evans, who appeared at the EUO with counsel, left after counsel abruptly announced that he would no longer represent claimant (see American States Ins. Co. v Huff, 119 AD3d 478, 478-479 [1st Dept 2014]).
SML’s contention that Global failed to provide notice as to the reasons why the claim was delayed “by identifying in writing the missing verification and the party from whom it was requested” (11 NYCRR 65-3.6 [b]) is unpreserved, and its argument that it should be awarded attorneys’ fees is unavailing, as this is an appeal from a declaratory action, not an arbitration (Insurance Law § 5106 [c]; 11 NYCRR 65-4.10 [j] [4]). Concur—Richter, J.P., Gische, Tom, Gesmer, Moulton, JJ.
Reported in New York Official Reports at ZZ Acupuncture, P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51761(U))
| ZZ Acupuncture, P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 51761(U) [65 Misc 3d 145(A)] |
| Decided on October 25, 2019 |
| Appellate Term, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Decided on October 25, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2018-1216 K C
against
American Independent Ins. Co., Appellant.
Freiberg, Peck & Kang, LLP (Yilo J. Kang of counsel), for appellant. The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Lorna J. McAllister, J.), entered April 26, 2018. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.
ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed, with $30 costs, and defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Civil Court as denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8).
For the reasons stated in Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Vernizier, Jean Willy v American Ind. Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-2405 K C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed and defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: October 25, 2019
Reported in New York Official Reports at SAS Med., P.C. v Travelers Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51759(U))
| SAS Med., P.C. v Travelers Ins. Co. |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 51759(U) [65 Misc 3d 145(A)] |
| Decided on October 25, 2019 |
| Appellate Term, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Decided on October 25, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2018-1135 K C
against
Travelers Ins. Co., Appellant.
Law Offices of Aloy O. Ibuzor (Erika E.E. Treco of counsel), for appellant. Zara Javakov, P.C. (Zara Javakov of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Odessa Kennedy, J.), entered January 9, 2018. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover for services rendered to assignors Paola Dossa and Omar Morrison.
ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed, with $30 costs, and the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover for services rendered to assignors Paola Dossa and Omar Morrison are granted.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Civil Court as denied the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover for services rendered to assignors Paola Dossa and Omar Morrison on the ground that the action was premature because plaintiff had failed to provide requested verification.
Defendant demonstrated that it had timely mailed initial and follow-up requests for verification (see St. Vincent’s Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]) and that it had not received the requested verification. Thus, defendant demonstrated, prima facie, that the complaint insofar as it sought to recover for services rendered to Paola [*2]Dossa and Omar Morrison is premature (see Central Suffolk Hosp. v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 24 AD3d 492, 493 [2005]). As plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact in opposition to the branches of defendant’s motion at issue, those branches of defendant’s motion should have been granted.
Accordingly, the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed, and the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover for services rendered to assignors Paola Dossa and Omar Morrison are granted.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: October 25, 2019
Reported in New York Official Reports at Active Care Med. Supply Corp. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51758(U))
| Active Care Med. Supply Corp. v American Ind. Ins. Co. |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 51758(U) [65 Misc 3d 145(A)] |
| Decided on October 25, 2019 |
| Appellate Term, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Decided on October 25, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2018-739 K C
against
American Independent Ins. Co., Respondent.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Freiberg, Peck & Kang, LLP (Yilo J. Kang of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Joy F. Campanelli, J.), entered January 5, 2018. The order, insofar as appealed from as limited by the brief, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.
ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed, with $25 costs.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals, as limited by the brief, from so much of an order of the Civil Court as granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8).
For the reasons stated in Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Vernizier, Jean Willy v American Ind. Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-2405 K C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: October 25, 2019
Reported in New York Official Reports at Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51756(U))
| Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 51756(U) [65 Misc 3d 144(A)] |
| Decided on October 25, 2019 |
| Appellate Term, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Decided on October 25, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2018-456 K C
against
American Independent Ins. Co., Respondent.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq. of counsel), for appellant. Freiberg, Peck & Kang, LLP (Yilo J. Kang of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Robin S. Garson, J.), entered November 16, 2017. The order, insofar as appealed from as limited by the brief, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.
ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed, with $25 costs.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals, as limited by the brief, from so much of an order of the Civil Court as granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8).
For the reasons stated in Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Vernizier, Jean Willy v American Ind. Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-2405 K C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: October 25, 2019
Reported in New York Official Reports at Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51755(U))
| Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 51755(U) [65 Misc 3d 144(A)] |
| Decided on October 25, 2019 |
| Appellate Term, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Decided on October 25, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2018-455 K C
against
American Independent Ins. Co., Respondent.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Freiberg, Peck & Kang, LLP (Yilo J. Kang of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Robin S. Garson, J.), entered November 16, 2017. The order, insofar as appealed from as limited by the brief, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.
ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed, with $25 costs.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals, as limited by the brief, from so much of an order of the Civil Court as granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8).
For the reasons stated in Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Vernizier, Jean Willy v American Ind. Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-2405 K C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: October 25, 2019
Reported in New York Official Reports at Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51754(U))
| Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 51754(U) [65 Misc 3d 144(A)] |
| Decided on October 25, 2019 |
| Appellate Term, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Decided on October 25, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2018-453 K C
against
American Independent Ins. Co., Respondent.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Freiberg, Peck & Kang, LLP (Yilo J. Kang of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Robin S. Garson, J.), entered November 16, 2017. The order, insofar as appealed from as limited by the brief, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.
ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed, with $25 costs.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals, as limited by the brief, from so much of an order of the Civil Court as granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8).
For the reasons stated in Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Vernizier, Jean Willy v American Ind. Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-2405 K C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: October 25, 2019
Reported in New York Official Reports at Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51753(U))
| Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 51753(U) [65 Misc 3d 144(A)] |
| Decided on October 25, 2019 |
| Appellate Term, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Decided on October 25, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2018-451 K C
against
American Independent Ins. Co., Respondent.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Freiberg, Peck & Kang, LLP (Yilo J. Kang of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Robin S. Garson, J.), entered November 16, 2017. The order, insofar as appealed from as limited by the brief, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.
ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed, with $25 costs.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals, as limited by the brief, from so much of an order of the Civil Court as granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8).
For the reasons stated in Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Vernizier, Jean Willy v American Ind. Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-2405 K C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: October 25, 2019
Reported in New York Official Reports at Ocean View Med. Care, P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51752(U))
| Ocean View Med. Care, P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 51752(U) [65 Misc 3d 144(A)] |
| Decided on October 25, 2019 |
| Appellate Term, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Decided on October 25, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2018-447 K C
against
American Independent Ins. Co., Appellant.
Freiberg, Peck & Kang, LLP (Yilo J. Kang of counsel), for appellant. The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Cenceria P. Edwards, J.), entered March 5, 2018. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.
ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed, with $30 costs, and defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Civil Court as denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8).
For the reasons stated in Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Vernizier, Jean Willy v American Ind. Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-2405 K C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed and defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: October 25, 2019