| Starlite Acupuncture, P.C. v MVAIC |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 51245(U) [64 Misc 3d 140(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| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
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 (Robin S. Garson, J.), entered July 8, 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 Starlite Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Torres, Yamil v MVAIC (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-3006 K C], decided herewith), the order is reversed and defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.
PESCE, P.J., WESTON and ALIOTTA, JJ., concur.