| Island Life Chiropractic, P.C. v MVAIC |
| 2020 NY Slip Op 50995(U) [68 Misc 3d 131(A)] |
| Decided on August 28, 2020 |
| 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| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 (Damien J. Toell of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Michael Gerstein, J.), entered May 3, 2018. The judgment, entered pursuant to a decision of that court dated March 8, 2018, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $2,336.
ORDERED that, on the court's own motion, the notice of appeal from the decision dated March 8, 2018 is deemed a premature notice of appeal from the judgment entered May 3, 2018 (see CPLR 5520 [c]); 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.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant appeals from a judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarding plaintiff the principal sum of $2,336.
For the reasons stated in Maiga Prods. Corp., as Assignee of Jean-Baptiste, Gerard v MVAIC (___ Misc 3d ___, 2020 NY Slip Op ______ [appeal No. 2018-1641 K C], decided herewith), 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.
ALIOTTA, P.J., ELLIOT and TOUSSAINT, JJ., concur.