| Biddle v Safeco Ins. Co. |
| 2012 NY Slip Op 51642(U) [36 Misc 3d 148(A)] |
| Decided on August 23, 2012 |
| 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| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Wavny
Toussaint, J.), entered November 18, 2009. The order denied defendant's motion for summary
judgment dismissing the complaint.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant appeals from an order of the Civil Court which denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
As argued by plaintiff in opposition to defendant's motion for summary judgment, the affidavit of defendant's claims representative did not constitute evidence in admissible form (see Real Property Law § 299-a [1]). As a result, defendant's motion papers failed to establish that defendant's denial of claim form was timely and that defendant's proffered defense that plaintiff's assignor had misrepresented her residence in connection with the issuance of the subject insurance policy, was not precluded (see Westchester Med. Ctr. v GMAC Ins. Co. Online, Inc., 80 AD3d 603 [2011]; cf. Central Radiology Servs., P.C. v Commerce Ins. Co., 31 Misc 3d 146[A], 2011 NY Slip Op 50948[U] [App Term, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2011]). Accordingly, defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint was properly [*2]denied.
Pesce, P.J., Weston and Rios, JJ., concur.
Decision Date: August 23, 2012