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NL Quality Med., P.C. v 21st Century Ins. Co.
2019 NY Slip Op 51269(U) [64 Misc 3d 142(A)]
Decided on August 2, 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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 August 2, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., MICHELLE WESTON, THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, JJ
2017-1768 K C

NL Quality Medical, P.C., as Assignee of Davis, Christina, Appellant,

against

21st Century Insurance Company, Respondent.


The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices of Buratti, Rothenberg & Burns (Marisa Villafana-Jones of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Robin S. Garson, J.), entered May 4, 2017. The order granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment.

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 and denied plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment.

For the reasons stated in Ocean One Physical Therapy, P.C., as Assignee of Maxim Savelyev v 21st Century Centennial Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-1778 K C], decided herewith), the order is affirmed.

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


ENTER:


Paul Kenny


Chief Clerk


Decision Date: August 02, 2019