Compas Med., P.C. v ELRAC, Inc. (2017 NY Slip Op 50927(U))

Reported in New York Official Reports at Compas Med., P.C. v ELRAC, Inc. (2017 NY Slip Op 50927(U))

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Lawrence N. Rogak, LLC (Lawrence N. Rogak, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Jodi Orlow, J.), entered June 23, 2014. The order granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with $25 costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the Civil Court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that defendant had timely and properly denied the claim at issue based upon plaintiff’s assignor’s failure to appear for duly scheduled independent medical examinations (IMEs).

Contrary to plaintiff’s arguments on appeal, the affidavits submitted by defendant in support of its motion were sufficient to demonstrate that the IME scheduling letters and the denial of claim form had been timely mailed (see St. Vincent’s Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]; Delta Diagnostic Radiology, P.C. v Chubb Group of Ins., 17 Misc 3d 16 [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d & 11th Jud Dists 2007]).

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SOLOMON, JJ., concur.