March 3, 2020

Matter of Global Liberty Ins. Co. of N.Y. v Capital Chiropractic, P.C. (2020 NY Slip Op 01466)

Headnote

The relevant facts the court considered in this case were that the master arbitrator's award was challenged by Global Liberty Insurance Company of New York due to the respondent's assignor's failure to attend scheduled independent medical exams. The main issue decided by the court was whether the master arbitrator's award was arbitrary and ignored established precedent that the petitioner's no-fault policy was void ab initio due to the assignor's failure to attend medical exams. The holding of the case was that the master arbitrator's award was indeed arbitrary and that it irrationally ignored the well-established precedent, and as a result, the court unanimously reversed the order and granted the petition to vacate the master arbitrator's award.

Reported in New York Official Reports at Matter of Global Liberty Ins. Co. of N.Y. v Capital Chiropractic, P.C. (2020 NY Slip Op 01466)

Matter of Global Liberty Ins. Co. of N.Y. v Capital Chiropractic, P.C. (2020 NY Slip Op 01466)
Matter of Global Liberty Ins. Co. of N.Y. v Capital Chiropractic, P.C.
2020 NY Slip Op 01466 [181 AD3d 429]
March 3, 2020
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, April 29, 2020

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 In the Matter of Global Liberty Insurance Company of New York, Appellant,
v
Capital Chiropractic, P.C., as Assignee of Oliver Rigor, Respondent.

Law Office of Jason Tenenbaum, P.C., Garden City (Jason Tenenbaum of counsel), for appellant.

Fazio, Rynsky & Associates, LLP, Syosset (Svetlana Sobel of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Donna Mills, J.), entered April 16, 2019, which denied the petition to vacate a master arbitrator’s award, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the petition granted.

The master arbitrator’s award was arbitrary in that it irrationally ignored well-established precedent that “the no-fault policy issued by petitioner was void ab initio due to respondent’s assignor’s failure to attend duly scheduled independent medical exams” (Matter of Global Liberty Ins. Co. of N.Y. v Top Q. Inc., 175 AD3d 1131, 1131 [1st Dept 2019]; see Matter of Global Liberty Ins. Co. v Professional Chiropractic Care, P.C., 139 AD3d 645, 646 [1st Dept 2016]; Unitrin Advantage Ins. Co. v Bayshore Physical Therapy, PLLC, 82 AD3d 559, 560 [1st Dept 2011], lv denied 17 NY3d 705 [2011]). Concur—Renwick, J.P., Gische, Kern, Singh, JJ.