August 2, 2019

Natural Therapy Acupuncture, P.C. v GEICO Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51259(U))

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Court: Appellate Term, Second Department
Decided: August 2, 2019
Citation: 2019 NY Slip Op 51259(U) · 64 Misc 3d 141(A)
Posture: Summary judgment
Outcome: Insurer prevailed
Issues: Other

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Natural Therapy Acupuncture, P.C. v GEICO Ins. Co., 64 Misc 3d 141(A), 2019 NY Slip Op 51259(U) (App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2019)

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Summary

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The insurer's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the unpaid portion of the provider's claims was granted on appeal. The Appellate Term, Second Department, reversed the order, insofar as appealed from, and granted that branch of the cross motion for the reasons stated in the companion appeal decided the same day, No. 2017-635 K C.

Reported in New York Official Reports at Natural Therapy Acupuncture, P.C. v GEICO Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51259(U))

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Natural Therapy Acupuncture, P.C. v GEICO Ins. Co.

2019 NY Slip Op 51259(U) [64 Misc 3d 141(A)]

Decided on August 2, 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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 August 2, 2019

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

PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
2017-876 K C

Natural Therapy Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Lively, Paul, Respondent,
against
GEICO Ins. Co., Appellant.

Law Office of Goldstein & Flecker (Lawrence J. Chanice 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 (Devin P. Cohen, J.), entered December 15, 2016. The order, insofar as appealed from, and as limited by the brief, denied the branch of defendant’s cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover upon the unpaid portion of plaintiff’s claims.

ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed, with $30 costs, and the branch of defendant’s cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover upon the unpaid portion of plaintiff’s claims 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. By order entered December 15, 2016, insofar as appealed from as limited by the brief, the Civil Court denied the branch of defendant’s cross motion seeking dismissal of so much of the complaint as sought to recover upon the unpaid portion of plaintiff’s claims.

For the reasons stated in Natural Therapy Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Boodoo, Anselm Kevin v GEICO Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-635 K C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed and the branch of defendant’s cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover upon the unpaid portion of plaintiff’s claims is granted.

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

ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: August 02, 2019

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