August 2, 2019

NL Quality Med., P.C. v 21st Century Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51269(U))

Headnote

The insurer's summary judgment dismissal based on the assignor's failure to appear for duly scheduled EUOs was affirmed. The Appellate Term, Second Department, affirmed the order granting the insurer's motion and denying the provider's cross motion for the reasons stated in the companion appeal, Ocean One Physical Therapy, P.C. v 21st Century Centennial Ins. Co., decided the same day, No. 2017-1778 K C.

Reported in New York Official Reports at NL Quality Med., P.C. v 21st Century Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51269(U))

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NL Quality Med., P.C. v 21st Century Ins. Co.
2019 NY Slip Op 51269(U) [64 Misc 3d 142(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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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., MICHELLE WESTON, THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, JJ
2017-1768 K C
NL Quality Medical, P.C., as Assignee of Davis, Christina, Appellant,

against

21st Century Insurance Company, Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices of Buratti, Rothenberg & Burns (Marisa Villafana-Jones 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 May 4, 2017. The order granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiff’s cross motion for summary judgment.

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 granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff’s assignor had failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath and denied plaintiff’s cross motion for summary judgment.

For the reasons stated in Ocean One Physical Therapy, P.C., as Assignee of Maxim Savelyev v 21st Century Centennial Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-1778 K C], decided herewith), the order is affirmed.

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


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