Flatbush Chiropractic, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (2017 NY Slip Op 51496(U))

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Flatbush Chiropractic, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

2017 NY Slip Op 51496(U) [57 Misc 3d 148(A)]

Decided on November 3, 2017

Appellate Term, Second Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

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Decided on November 3, 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
2014-2174 K C

Flatbush Chiropractic, P.C., as Assignee of Silface, Gala, Appellant,

against

State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Rivkin Radler, LLP (Stuart M. Bodoff, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Devin P. Cohen, J.), entered July 14, 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 had failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath.

For the reasons stated in Flatbush Chiropractic, P.C., as Assignee of Silface, Gala v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (__ Misc 3d ___, 2017 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2014-2172 K C], decided herewith), the order is affirmed.

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

ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 03, 2017