| Acupuncture Approach, P.C. v MVAIC |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 51776(U) |
| Decided on November 30, 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| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Marshall & Marshall, PLLC (Barbara Carabell of counsel), for appellant. Gary Tsirelman, P.C. (Stefan Belinfanti of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a decision of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Ingrid Joseph, J.), dated February 18, 2015, and from a judgment of that court entered January 12, 2016. The judgment, entered pursuant to the decision, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $723.54.
ORDERED that so much of the appeal as is from the decision is dismissed, as no appeal lies therefrom (see CCA 1702); and it is further,
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, with $30 costs, and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for the entry of a judgment in favor of defendant dismissing the complaint.
After a nonjury trial in this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the Civil Court awarded judgment to plaintiff in the principal sum of $723.54.
"The filing of a timely affidavit providing the MVAIC with notice of intention to file a claim is 'a condition precedent to the right to apply for payment from [MVAIC].' Compliance with the statutory requirement of timely filing a notice of claim must be established in order to demonstrate that the claimant is a 'covered person,' within the meaning of the statute, entitled to recover no-fault benefits from the MVAIC" (Avicenna Med. Arts, P.L.L.C. v MVAIC, 53 Misc 3d 142[A], 2016 NY Slip Op 51535[U], *1 [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2016] [internal citation omitted]; see Insurance Law §§ 5208 [a] [1], [3]; 5221 [b] [2]). As plaintiff did not establish that such an affidavit had been submitted to MVAIC, plaintiff failed to establish its [*2]prima facie case (see Insurance Law §§ 5202 [b]; 5208, 5221 [b] [2]).
Accordingly, the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted to the Civil Court for the entry of a judgment in favor of defendant dismissing the complaint.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.