June 1, 2018

Maiga Prods. Corp. v 21st Century Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 50845(U))

Headnote

The court in this case considered whether a provider was entitled to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits when the plaintiff failed to appear for scheduled examinations under oath (EUOs). The main issue decided was whether the defendant had provided sufficient proof to give rise to a presumption that the EUO scheduling letters and the denial of claim forms had been properly mailed. The court found that the proof submitted by the defendant was indeed sufficient, and therefore granted the defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. As a result, the order denying plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was affirmed.

Reported in New York Official Reports at Maiga Prods. Corp. v 21st Century Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 50845(U))

Maiga Prods. Corp. v 21st Century Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 50845(U)) [*1]

Maiga Prods. Corp. v 21st Century Ins. Co.

2018 NY Slip Op 50845(U) [59 Misc 3d 151(A)]

Decided on June 1, 2018

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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 June 1, 2018

SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
2016-95 K C

Maiga Products Corp., as Assignee of Gregoine, Elvis, Appellant,
against
21st Century Insurance Company, Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices of Buratti, Rothenberg & Burns (Sharon A. Brennan of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Richard Montelione, J.), entered October 8, 2015. The order denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and granted defendant’s cross 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, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court which denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, and granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff had failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath (EUOs).

Contrary to plaintiff’s contentions, the proof submitted by defendant in support of its cross motion was sufficient to give rise to a presumption that the EUO scheduling letters and the denial of claim forms had been properly mailed (see St. Vincent’s Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]).

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

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

ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: June 01, 2018