October 25, 2019

ZZ Acupuncture, P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51761(U))

Headnote

The relevant facts considered by the court were that ZZ Acupuncture, P.C. was seeking to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits from American Independent Ins. Co. The main issue decided was whether the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint should be granted pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8). The holding of the case was that, for the reasons stated in another case (Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Vernizier, Jean Willy v American Ind. Ins. Co.), the order denying the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint was reversed and the motion to dismiss the complaint was granted. Therefore, the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint was ultimately granted.

Reported in New York Official Reports at ZZ Acupuncture, P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51761(U))

ZZ Acupuncture, P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51761(U)) [*1]

ZZ Acupuncture, P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co.

2019 NY Slip Op 51761(U) [65 Misc 3d 145(A)]

Decided on October 25, 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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 25, 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
2018-1216 K C

ZZ Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Richard Amilcar, Respondent,
against
American Independent Ins. Co., Appellant.

Freiberg, Peck & Kang, LLP (Yilo J. Kang 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 (Lorna J. McAllister, J.), entered April 26, 2018. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.

ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed, with $30 costs, and defendant’s motion to dismiss 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 to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8).

For the reasons stated in Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Vernizier, Jean Willy v American Ind. Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-2405 K C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed and defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.

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

ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: October 25, 2019