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Natural Therapy Acupuncture, P.C. v MVAIC
2019 NY Slip Op 50289(U) [62 Misc 3d 151(A)]
Decided on March 8, 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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 March 8, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2016-3158 K C

Natural Therapy Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Elysee, Ronald, Respondent,

against

MVAIC, Appellant.


Marshall & Marshall, PLLC (Barbara Carabell of counsel), for appellant. The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (John J. Kelley, J.), entered November 16, 2016. The order denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is reversed, with $30 costs, and defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation (sued herein as MVAIC) appeals from an order of the Civil Court which denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

For the reasons stated in Cautious Care Med., P.C., as Assignee of Fortune, Tyreek v MVAIC (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-2624 K C], decided herewith), the order is reversed and defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

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


ENTER:


Paul Kenny


Chief Clerk


Decision Date: March 08, 2019