October 11, 2019
Yumi Acupuncture, P.C. v Integon Natl. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51628(U))
https://www.beynensonlaw.com/case-law/yumi-acupuncture-p-c-v-integon-natl-ins-co-2019-ny-slip-op51628u/
- Decided
- October 11, 2019
- Citation
- 2019 NY Slip Op 51628(U) · 65 Misc 3d 134(A)
- Posture
- Summary judgment
- Outcome
- Insurer prevailed
- Issues
- IME no-show
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Summary
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Reported in New York Official Reports at Yumi Acupuncture, P.C. v Integon Natl. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51628(U))
| Yumi Acupuncture, P.C. v Integon Natl. Ins. Co. |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 51628(U) [65 Misc 3d 134(A)] |
| Decided on October 11, 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| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 October 11, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2018-1172 K C
against
Integon National Ins. Co., Appellant.
Law Offices of Moira Doherty, P.C. (Maureen Knodel of counsel), for appellant. Gary Tsirelman, P.C. (Douglas Mace of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Harriet L. Thompson, J.), entered May 4, 2018. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed, with $30 costs, and defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Civil Court as denied defendant’s motion which had sought summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff’s assignor failed to appear for duly scheduled independent medical examinations (IMEs). The Civil Court, in effect, limited the issue for trial, pursuant to CPLR 3212 (g), to whether defendant established that plaintiff’s assignor had failed to appear for duly scheduled IMEs.
For the reasons stated in Allay Med. Servs., P.C., as Assignee of Mills, Keith A. v Metropolitan Gen. Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-2389 K C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed and defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: October 11, 2019
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