Chiroworks Chiropractic, P.C. v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51159(U))

Reported in New York Official Reports at Chiroworks Chiropractic, P.C. v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51159(U))

Chiroworks Chiropractic, P.C. v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51159(U)) [*1]
Chiroworks Chiropractic, P.C. v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co.
2017 NY Slip Op 51159(U) [57 Misc 3d 128(A)]
Decided on September 8, 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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 September 8, 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
2014-2147 Q C
Chiroworks Chiropractic, P.C., as Assignee of Oshun Onilu, Appellant,

against

New York Central Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Respondent.

Gary Tsirelman, P.C. (Douglas Mace, Esq.), for appellant. Nightingale Law, P.C. (Michael S. Nightingale, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Ulysses Bernard Leverett, J.), entered July 23, 2014. The order granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with $25 costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

There is no merit to plaintiff’s arguments on appeal regarding the sufficiency of the proof submitted by defendant to establish that plaintiff’s assignor had failed to appear for independent medical examinations (see Stephen Fogel Psychological, P.C. v Progressive Cas. Ins. Co., 35 AD3d 720 [2006]; Quality Psychological Servs., P.C. v Interboro Mut. Indem. Ins. Co., 36 Misc 3d 146[A], 2012 NY Slip Op 51628[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2012]). Plaintiff’s remaining contention lacks merit.

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

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


Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: September 08, 2017
Island Life Chiropractic, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51157(U))

Reported in New York Official Reports at Island Life Chiropractic, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51157(U))

Island Life Chiropractic, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51157(U)) [*1]
Island Life Chiropractic, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
2017 NY Slip Op 51157(U) [57 Misc 3d 128(A)]
Decided on September 8, 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 September 8, 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
2014-2018 K C
Island Life Chiropractic, P.C., as Assignee of Blake, Brenderline, Appellant,

against

State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Richard T. Lau & Associates (Martin Dolitsky, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Ingrid Joseph, J.), entered June 24, 2014. The order granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is reversed, with $30 costs, and defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Plaintiff correctly argues that defendant’s motion papers failed to establish, as a matter of law, that the fees that had been charged by plaintiff exceeded the amounts permitted by the workers’ compensation fee schedule.

Accordingly, the order is reversed and defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.

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


Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: September 08, 2017
Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51156(U))

Reported in New York Official Reports at Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51156(U))

Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51156(U)) [*1]
Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
2017 NY Slip Op 51156(U) [57 Misc 3d 128(A)]
Decided on September 8, 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 September 8, 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
2014-1971 Q C
Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Civil, Erienne, Appellant,

against

State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Rivkin Radler, LLP (Merril S. Biscone, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Larry Love, J.), entered August 4, 2014. The order granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with $25 costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Contrary to plaintiff’s sole contention on appeal, the proof submitted by defendant in support of its motion was sufficient to demonstrate that plaintiff’s assignor had failed to appear for examinations under oath (see Stephen Fogel Psychological, P.C. v Progressive Cas. Ins. Co., 35 AD3d 720 [2006]).

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

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


Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: September 08, 2017
Laga v Country Wide Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51155(U))

Reported in New York Official Reports at Laga v Country Wide Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51155(U))

Laga v Country Wide Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51155(U)) [*1]
Laga v Country Wide Ins. Co.
2017 NY Slip Op 51155(U) [57 Misc 3d 128(A)]
Decided on September 8, 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 September 8, 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
2014-1960 Q C
Adelaida M. Laga, PT, as Assignee of St. Juliette, Warny, Appellant,

against

Country Wide Insurance Company, Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Jaffe & Koumourdas, LLP (Jean H. Kang, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Richard G. Latin, J.), entered July 31, 2014. The order denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with $25 costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court which denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Contrary to plaintiff’s argument, the proof submitted by defendant in support of its cross motion was sufficient to give rise to a presumption that the denial of claim forms at issue had been properly mailed (see St. Vincent’s Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]; Residential Holding Corp. v Scottsdale Ins. Co., 286 AD2d 679 [2001]). Plaintiff’s remaining argument with respect to defendant’s cross motion is not properly before this court, as it is being raised for the first time on appeal, and we decline to consider it (see Joe v Upper Room Ministries, Inc., 88 AD3d 963 [2011]; Mind & Body Acupuncture, P.C. v Elrac, [*2]Inc., 48 Misc 3d 139[A], 2015 NY Slip Op 51219[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2015]).

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

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


Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: September 08, 2017
Acupuncture Now, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51154(U))

Reported in New York Official Reports at Acupuncture Now, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51154(U))

SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

Acupuncture Now, P.C., as Assignee of Singh, Deonarine, Appellant,

against

State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Law Office of Jason Tenenbaum, P.C. (Jason Tenenbaum, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Pamela L. Fisher, J.), entered June 26, 2014. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the first through fifth causes of action and to compel plaintiff to appear for a deposition.

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 an order of the Civil Court which granted the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the first through fifth causes of action and to compel plaintiff to appear for a deposition.

Plaintiff argues that defendant failed to establish that defendant’s fee reductions, which had been done in accordance with the workers’ compensation fee schedule for acupuncture services performed by chiropractors, were proper. However, this court has held, “as a matter of law, that an insurer may use the workers’ compensation fee schedule for acupuncture services performed by chiropractors to determine the amount which a licensed acupuncturist is entitled to [*2]receive for such acupuncture services” (Great Wall Acupuncture, P.C. v Geico Ins. Co., 26 Misc 3d 23, 24 [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2009]).

Since defendant is defending the remaining cause of action on the ground that the services rendered lacked medical necessity, the Civil Court properly granted the branch of defendant’s motion seeking to compel plaintiff to appear for a deposition (see Great Health Care Chiropractic, P.C. v Interboro Ins. Co., 41 Misc 3d 130[A], 2013 NY Slip Op 51737[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2013]).

Accordingly, the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed.

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


Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: September 08, 2017
525 EVM, Inc. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51153(U))

Reported in New York Official Reports at 525 EVM, Inc. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51153(U))

525 EVM, Inc. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51153(U)) [*1]
525 EVM, Inc. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co.
2017 NY Slip Op 51153(U) [57 Misc 3d 127(A)]
Decided on September 8, 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 September 8, 2017

SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS


PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, MARTIN SOLOMON, JJ
2014-1926 K C
525 EVM, Inc., as Assignee of Dzianis Haiduk, Appellant,

against

GEICO General Insurance Company, Respondent.

Fuld & Karp, P.C. (Cheryl Scher, Esq.), for appellant. Law Office of Printz & Goldstein (Lawrence J. Chanice, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Reginald A. Boddie, J.), entered June 2, 2014. The order, insofar as appealed from and as limited by the brief, upon denying plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, failed to find, pursuant to CPLR 3212 (g), that plaintiff had established certain facts for all purposes in the 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 moved for summary judgment and defendant cross-moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The Civil Court denied both motions, finding that there were triable issues of fact.

Plaintiff’s sole argument on appeal is that the Civil Court, upon denying plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, should have found, pursuant to CPLR 3212 (g), that plaintiff had established certain facts for all purposes in the action. As we decline plaintiff’s request to limit the issues for trial pursuant to CPLR 3212 (g) (see S & R Med., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co., 52 Misc 3d 133[A], 2016 NY Slip Op 51013[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2016]), the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed.

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


Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: September 08, 2017
Gentlecare Ambulatory Anesthesia Servs. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51152(U))

Reported in New York Official Reports at Gentlecare Ambulatory Anesthesia Servs. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51152(U))

Gentlecare Ambulatory Anesthesia Servs. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51152(U)) [*1]
Gentlecare Ambulatory Anesthesia Servs. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
2017 NY Slip Op 51152(U) [57 Misc 3d 127(A)]
Decided on September 8, 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 September 8, 2017

SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS


PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, MARTIN A. SOLOMON, JJ
2014-1910 K C
Gentlecare Ambulatory Anesthesia Services; Lyonel F. Paul, M.D., as Assignee of Jean-Charles, Claudine, Appellant,

against

State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. De Martini & Yi, LLP (Bryan Visnius, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Carolyn E. Wade, J.), entered June 17, 2014. The order granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with $25 costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff’s assignor had failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath (EUOs).

There is no merit to the arguments raised by plaintiff with respect to the sufficiency of defendant’s proof that the EUO scheduling letters and denial of claim forms had been timely and properly mailed (see generally St. Vincent’s Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]).

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

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


Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: September 08, 2017
Compas Med., P.C. v American Tr. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51147(U))

Reported in New York Official Reports at Compas Med., P.C. v American Tr. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51147(U))

Compas Med., P.C. v American Tr. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51147(U)) [*1]
Compas Med., P.C. v American Tr. Ins. Co.
2017 NY Slip Op 51147(U) [57 Misc 3d 127(A)]
Decided on September 8, 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 September 8, 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
2014-1825 Q C
Compas Medical, P.C., as Assignee of Grandoit, Andre, Appellant,

against

American Transit Ins. Co., Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Law Office of Jason Tenenbaum, P.C. (Jason Tenenbaum, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (William A. Viscovich, J.), entered June 30, 2014. The order denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with $25 costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court which denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment was based upon the defense, among others, that defendant had not received timely notice of the accident (see 11 NYCRR § 65-1.1). Contrary to plaintiff’s sole argument on appeal with respect to that defense, the Civil Court correctly granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, as the proof submitted by defendant established that it had not received timely notice of the accident, which proof was not rebutted by plaintiff.

We reach no other issue.

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

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


Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: September 08, 2017
Lynbrook Pt & Ot, PLLC v Foremost Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51146(U))

Reported in New York Official Reports at Lynbrook Pt & Ot, PLLC v Foremost Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51146(U))

SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

Lynbrook PT & OT, PLLC as Assignee of Kelvin Sumper, Appellant,

against

Foremost Ins. Co., Respondent.

Korsunskiy Legal Group, P.C. (Michael Hoenig, Esq.), for appellant. Law Offices of Bryan M. Rothenberg (Argyria A.N. Kehagias, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Pamela L. Fisher, J.), entered June 9, 2014. The order, insofar as appealed from and as limited by the brief, granted the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover upon a claim for $174.02 for dates of service February 27, 2012 through March 19, 2012, and a claim for $116.19 for dates of service March 26, 2012 through April 18, 2012, and denied the branches of plaintiff’s cross motion seeking summary judgment on so much of the complaint as sought to recover on those claims.

ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is modified by providing that the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover upon a claim for $174.02 for dates of service February 27, 2012 through March 19, 2012 and a claim for $116.19 for dates of service March 26, 2012 through April 18, 2012 are denied; as so modified, the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed, without costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Civil Court as granted the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint [*2]as sought to recover upon a claim for $174.02 for dates of service February 27, 2012 through March 19, 2012 and a claim for $116.19 for dates of service March 26, 2012 through April 18, 2012, and denied the branches of plaintiff’s cross motion seeking summary judgment on so much of the complaint as sought to recover on those claims.

On appeal, plaintiff correctly argues that there is a triable issue of fact with respect to defendant’s application of Ground Rule 11 of the workers’ compensation fee schedule to the claims at issue.

Accordingly, the order, insofar as appealed from, is modified by providing that the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover upon a claim for $174.02 for dates of service February 27, 2012 through March 19, 2012 and a claim for $116.19 for dates of service March 26, 2012 through April 18, 2012, are denied.

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


Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: September 08, 2017
Culex Acupuncture, P.C. v 21st Century Indem. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51145(U))

Reported in New York Official Reports at Culex Acupuncture, P.C. v 21st Century Indem. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51145(U))

SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

Culex Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Alexandre Markov, Appellant,

against

21st Century Indemnity Ins. Co., Respondent.

Korsunskiy Legal Group, P.C. (Michael Hoenig, Esq.), for appellant. Law Offices of Bryan M. Rothenberg (K. Marcy Singh-Castillo, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Pamela L. Fisher, J.), entered June 10, 2014. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover upon claims for dates of service February 17, 2012 through March 23, 2012, and April 18, 2012 through May 2, 2012, and denied the branches of plaintiff’s cross motion seeking summary judgment on so much of the complaint as sought to recover upon those claims.

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 of an order of the Civil Court as granted the branches of defendant’s motion seeking summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as sought to recover upon claims for dates of service February 17, 2012 through March 23, 2012, and April 18, 2012 through May 2, 2012, and denied the branches of plaintiff’s cross motion seeking summary judgment on so much of the complaint as sought to recover upon those claims.

Plaintiff’s sole argument on appeal, that the aforesaid branches of defendant’s motion [*2]should have been denied because defendant, without explanation, had paid the claims at issue at the rate for acupuncture services performed by a chiropractor, but paid other claims at the rate for acupuncture services performed by a medical doctor, is without merit (see Apple Tree Acupuncture, P.C. v Progressive Northeastern Ins. Co., 36 Misc 3d 153[A], 2012 NY Slip Op 51710[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2012]).

Accordingly, the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed.

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


Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: September 08, 2017