November 23, 2018

Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51689(U))

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Court
Appellate Term, Second Department
Decided
November 23, 2018
Citation
2018 NY Slip Op 51689(U) · 61 Misc 3d 145(A)
Posture
Trial
Issues
Trial and evidence
Cite as
Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co., 61 Misc 3d 145(A), 2018 NY Slip Op 51689(U) (App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2018)

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Summary

Editorial summary by Beynenson Law, not part of the court’s decision.

The provider's judgment after exclusion of the insurer's expert at a medical-necessity trial was reversed and a new trial ordered. The Civil Court had directed a verdict for the provider at the nonjury trial. The Appellate Term, Second Department, remitted the matter for a new trial for the reasons stated in the companion appeal decided the same day, No. 2016-1054 K C.

Reported in New York Official Reports at Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51689(U))

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Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co.
2018 NY Slip Op 51689(U) [61 Misc 3d 145(A)]
Decided on November 23, 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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 November 23, 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
2016-1055 K C
Nova Chiropractic Services, P.C., as Assignee of Shawn Douse, Respondent,

against

GEICO General Insurance Company, Appellant.

The Law Office of Printz & Goldstein (Lawrence J. Chanice of counsel), for appellant. Law Office Ilona Finkelshteyn, P.C. (Emilia I. Rutigliano of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Ingrid Joseph, J.), entered January 29, 2016. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $1,310.94.

ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, with $30 costs, and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.

At a nonjury trial of this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the sole issue was the medical necessity of the services in question. The Civil Court precluded the testimony of defendant’s expert witness and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict. Defendant appeals from the judgment that was subsequently entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $1,310.94.

For the reasons stated in Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C., as Assignee of Miguel A. Vizcaino v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2018 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-1054 K C], decided herewith), the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.

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


ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 23, 2018

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