Reported in New York Official Reports at Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51694(U))
| Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 51694(U) [61 Misc 3d 146(A)] |
| Decided on November 23, 2018 |
| 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| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 November 23, 2018
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
2016-1083 K C
against
GEICO General Insurance Company, Appellant.
Law Office of Goldstein & Flecker (Lawrence J. Chanice of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices of Ilona Finkelshteyn, P.C., for respondent (no brief filed).
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Robin Kelly Sheares, J.), entered February 10, 2016. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $1,310.90.
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, with $30 costs, and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
At a nonjury trial of this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the sole issue was the medical necessity of the services in question. The Civil Court precluded the testimony of defendant’s expert witness and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict. Defendant appeals from the judgment that was subsequently entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $1,310.90.
For the reasons stated in Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C., as Assignee of Miguel A. Vizcaino v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2018 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-1054 K C], decided herewith), the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 23, 2018
Reported in New York Official Reports at Daily Med. Equip. Distrib. Ctr., Inc. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51693(U))
| Daily Med. Equip. Distrib. Ctr., Inc. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 51693(U) [61 Misc 3d 146(A)] |
| Decided on November 23, 2018 |
| 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| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 November 23, 2018
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
2016-1062 K C
against
GEICO General Insurance Company, Appellant.
The Law Office of Printz & Goldstein (Lawrence J. Chanice of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices of Emilia I. Rutigliano (Emilia I. Rutigliano of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Ingrid Joseph, J.), entered February 3, 2016. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $1,346.76.
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, with $30 costs, and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
At a nonjury trial of this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the sole issue was the medical necessity of the supplies in question. The Civil Court precluded the testimony of defendant’s expert witness and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict. Defendant appeals from the judgment that was subsequently entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $1,346.76.
For the reasons stated in Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C., as Assignee of Miguel A. Vizcaino v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2018 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-1054 K C], decided herewith), the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 23, 2018
Reported in New York Official Reports at Daily Med. Equip. Distrib. Ctr., Inc. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51692(U))
| Daily Med. Equip. Distrib. Ctr., Inc. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 51692(U) [61 Misc 3d 146(A)] |
| Decided on November 23, 2018 |
| 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 November 23, 2018
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
2016-1060 K C
against
GEICO General Insurance Company, Appellant.
The Law Office of Printz & Goldstein (Lawrence J. Chanice of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices of Emilia I. Rutigliano, P.C. (Emilia I . Rutigliano of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Ingrid Joseph, J.), entered February 3, 2016. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $2,036.99.
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, with $30 costs, and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
At a nonjury trial of this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the sole issue was the medical necessity of the supplies in question. The Civil Court precluded the testimony of defendant’s expert witness and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict. Defendant appeals from the judgment that was subsequently entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $2,036.99.
For the reasons stated in Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C., as Assignee of Miguel A. Vizcaino v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2018 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-1054 K C], decided herewith), the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 23, 2018
Reported in New York Official Reports at Daily Med. Equip. Distrib. Ctr., Inc. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51691(U))
| Daily Med. Equip. Distrib. Ctr., Inc. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 51691(U) [61 Misc 3d 146(A)] |
| Decided on November 23, 2018 |
| 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 November 23, 2018
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
2016-1059 K C
against
GEICO General Insurance Company, Appellant.
Law Office of Goldstein & Flecker (Lawrence J. Chanice of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices of Emilia I. Rutigliano, P.C. (Emilia I. Rutigliano of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Ingrid Joseph, J.), entered February 3, 2016. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $1,556.96.
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, with $30 costs, and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
At a nonjury trial of this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the sole issue was the medical necessity of the supplies in question. The Civil Court precluded the testimony of defendant’s expert witness and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict. Defendant appeals from the judgment that was subsequently entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $1,556.96.
For the reasons stated in Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C., as Assignee of Miguel A. Vizcaino v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2018 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-1054 K C], decided herewith), the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 23, 2018
Reported in New York Official Reports at Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51690(U))
| Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 51690(U) [61 Misc 3d 146(A)] |
| Decided on November 23, 2018 |
| 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 November 23, 2018
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
2016-1056 K C
against
GEICO General Insurance Company, Appellant.
The Law Office of Printz & Goldstein (Lawrence J. Chanice of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices Emilia I. Rutigliano, P.C. (Emilia I. Rutigliano of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Ingrid Joseph, J.), entered February 3, 2016. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $2,184.90.
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, with $30 costs, and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
At a nonjury trial of this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the sole issue was the medical necessity of the services in question. The Civil Court precluded the testimony of defendant’s expert witness and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict. Defendant appeals from the judgment that was subsequently entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $2,184.90.
For the reasons stated in Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C., as Assignee of Miguel A. Vizcaino v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2018 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-1054 K C], decided herewith), the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 23, 2018
Reported in New York Official Reports at Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51689(U))
| Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 51689(U) [61 Misc 3d 145(A)] |
| Decided on November 23, 2018 |
| 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 November 23, 2018
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
2016-1055 K C
against
GEICO General Insurance Company, Appellant.
The Law Office of Printz & Goldstein (Lawrence J. Chanice of counsel), for appellant. Law Office Ilona Finkelshteyn, P.C. (Emilia I. Rutigliano of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Ingrid Joseph, J.), entered January 29, 2016. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $1,310.94.
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, with $30 costs, and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
At a nonjury trial of this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the sole issue was the medical necessity of the services in question. The Civil Court precluded the testimony of defendant’s expert witness and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict. Defendant appeals from the judgment that was subsequently entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $1,310.94.
For the reasons stated in Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C., as Assignee of Miguel A. Vizcaino v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2018 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-1054 K C], decided herewith), the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 23, 2018
Reported in New York Official Reports at Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51688(U))
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
against
GEICO General Insurance Company, Appellant.
The Law Office of Printz & Goldstein (Lawrence J. Chanice of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices of Emilia I. Rutigliano, P.C. (Emilia I. Rutigliano of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Ingrid Joseph, J.), entered January 29, 2016. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $2,197.90.
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, with $30 costs, and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
At a nonjury trial of this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the sole issue was the medical necessity of the services in question. The Civil Court precluded the testimony of defendant’s expert witness and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict. Defendant appeals from the judgment that was subsequently entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $2,197.90.
Defendant’s expert medical witness, who was not the expert who had prepared the peer review report upon which defendant’s denial of claim form had been based, should have been permitted to testify as to his opinion regarding the lack of medical necessity of the services at issue (see e.g. Park Slope Med. & Surgical Supply, Inc. v Progressive Ins. Co., 34 Misc 3d 154[A], 2012 NY Slip Op 50349[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2012]). While the expert witness’s testimony should be limited to the basis for the denial as set forth in the peer review report (see id.), it is plaintiff’s burden to make an appropriate objection in the [*2]event the testimony goes beyond the basis for the denial and, if necessary, produce the peer review report (see Staten Is. Advanced Surgical Supply v GEICO Ins. Co., 58 Misc 3d 143[A], 2017 NY Slip Op 51895[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2017]; Promed Orthocare Supply, Inc. v Geico Ins. Co., 57 Misc 3d 135[A], 2017 NY Slip Op 51264[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2017]). We note that an insurer cannot use a peer review report to prove its defense of lack of medical necessity or to impermissibly bolster its expert’s testimony (see e.g. Promed Orthocare Supply, Inc., 57 Misc 3d 135[A], 2017 NY Slip Op 51264[U]; A-Quality Med. Supply v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co., 39 Misc 3d 24 [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2013]).
Accordingly, the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 23, 2018
Reported in New York Official Reports at Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51687(U))
| Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 51687(U) [61 Misc 3d 145(A)] |
| Decided on November 23, 2018 |
| 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 November 23, 2018
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
2016-1053 K C
against
GEICO General Insurance Company, Appellant.
The Law Office of Printz & Goldstein (Lawrence J. Chanice of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices Emilia I. Rutigliano, P.C. (Emilia I. Rutigliano of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Ingrid Joseph, J.), entered January 29, 2016. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $2,184.90.
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, with $30 costs, and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
At a nonjury trial of this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the sole issue was the medical necessity of the services in question. The Civil Court precluded the testimony of defendant’s expert witness and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict. Defendant appeals from the judgment that was subsequently entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $2,184.90.
For the reasons stated in Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C., as Assignee of Miguel A. Vizcaino v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2018 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-1054 K C], decided herewith), the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 23, 2018
Reported in New York Official Reports at Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51685(U))
| Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C. v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 51685(U) [61 Misc 3d 145(A)] |
| Decided on November 23, 2018 |
| 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 November 23, 2018
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
2016-946 K C
against
GEICO General Insurance Company, Appellant.
Law Office of Goldstein & Flecker (Lawrence J. Chanice of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices of Ilona Finkelshteyn, P.C., for respondent (no brief filed).
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Robin Kelly Sheares, J.), entered January 29, 2016. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $2,184.90.
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, with $30 costs, and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
At a nonjury trial of this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the sole issue was the medical necessity of the services in question. The Civil Court precluded the testimony of defendant’s expert witness and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict. Defendant appeals from the judgment that was subsequently entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $2,184.90.
For the reasons stated in Nova Chiropractic Servs., P.C., as Assignee of Miguel A. Vizcaino v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2018 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-1054 K C], decided herewith), the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for a new trial.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 23, 2018
Reported in New York Official Reports at Active Care Med. Supply Corp. v American Tr. Ins. Co. (2018 NY Slip Op 51683(U))
| Active Care Med. Supply Corp. v American Tr. Ins. Co. |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 51683(U) [61 Misc 3d 145(A)] |
| Decided on November 23, 2018 |
| 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 November 23, 2018
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
2016-730 K C
against
American Transit Ins. Co., Respondent.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Law Office of Daniel J. Tucker, for respondent (no brief filed).
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Richard J. Montelione, J.), dated December 2, 2015. 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 contentions on appeal, defendant established that the examination under oath (EUO) scheduling letters had been timely mailed (see St. Vincent’s Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]) and that plaintiff had failed to appear for the duly scheduled EUOs (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 ELLIOT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 23, 2018