No-Fault Decisions, January 2023

2 decisions · 1 Appellate Division · 1 Appellate Term

Issues this month: Policy issues 1 CPLR article 75 (arbitration awards) 1 Interest and attorney fees 1 Statute of limitations 1

Decisions

Appellate Division, First Department Jan 17, 2023 2023 NY Slip Op 00179 Insurer prevailed

Matter of DTR Country-Wide Ins. Co. v Refill Rx Pharm., Inc.

A no-fault award directing payment beyond the policy's monetary limit exceeds the arbitrator's power. The insurer's supervisor affidavit and payment ledger established proper exhaustion before arbitration under 11 NYCRR 65-3.15. Once the full policy limit is paid, contractual duties cease. Under Matter of Ameriprise Ins. Co. v Kensington Radiology Group, P.C., the insurer could raise exhaustion in court even if it had not raised it before the arbitrators. The Appellate Division, First Department, affirmed the order granting vacatur under CPLR 7511 (b) (1) (iii) of the master arbitration award affirming payment to the provider and denying the provider's cross motion for attorney's fees under 11 NYCRR 65-4.10 (j) (4).

Appellate Term, Second Department Jan 6, 2023 2023 NY Slip Op 50091(U) Provider prevailed

New Millennium Med. Imaging, P.C. v Farmers Ins. Co.

The insurer's motion for summary judgment dismissing the provider's no-fault action as time-barred was denied. The Appellate Term, Second Department, affirmed the order, insofar as appealed from, for the reasons stated in New Millennium Med. Imaging, P.C. v GEICO, leaving the provider's action for assigned first-party no-fault benefits pending.

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2023 2 9 12 5 7 8 6 2 8 5 2 7 73
2022 7 6 7 18 6 54 17 25 20 6 12 38 216
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2013 16 33 24 14 33 15 20 20 5 34 32 24 270
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2007 25 43 57 23 25 18 16 20 23 20 20 16 306
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2004 6 10 19 15 14 19 13 8 18 14 15 29 180
2003 1 4 4 14 23

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