December 15, 2017

Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v Travelers Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51769(U))

Headnote

The court considered the appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County, which granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the second through seventh causes of action in a case where a provider sought to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits. The main issue decided was whether the plaintiff's assignor had failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath. The court affirmed the order, holding that the plaintiff's assignor had indeed failed to appear for the scheduled examinations under oath, and therefore, the defendant's motion for summary judgment was granted. The decision was consistent with a previous case, Greenway Med. Supply Corp., as Assignee of Tellechea Maria v Travelers Ins. Co., which was decided at the same time and provided similar grounds for affirming the lower court's decision.

Reported in New York Official Reports at Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v Travelers Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51769(U))

Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v Travelers Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51769(U)) [*1]
Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C. v Travelers Ins. Co.
2017 NY Slip Op 51769(U) [58 Misc 3d 132(A)]
Decided on December 15, 2017
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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 December 15, 2017
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, MARTIN M. SOLOMON, JJ
2014-2515 Q C

Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Brumaire, Gastry, Appellant,

against

Travelers Insurance Company, Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Law Offices of Aloy O. Ibuzor (Shana A. Kleinman, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Sally E. Unger, J.), entered September 9, 2014. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the second through seventh causes of action.

ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed, with $25 costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from so much an order of the Civil Court as granted the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the second through seventh causes of action on the ground that plaintiff’s assignor had failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath.

For the reasons stated in Greenway Med. Supply Corp., as Assignee of Tellechea Maria v Travelers Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2017 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2014-2253 Q C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed.

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



ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: December 15, 2017