Opinion
No. 2014–335 Q C.
10-13-2016
HARVARD MEDICAL, P.C., as Assignee of Abubakarr Jalloh, Appellant, v. MAYA ASSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Cheree A. Buggs, J.), entered January 9, 2014. The order granted 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 is denied.
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.
Plaintiff correctly contends that the affidavit submitted by defendant did not sufficiently set forth a standard office practice or procedure that would ensure that the letters scheduling independent medical examinations (IMEs) had been properly addressed and mailed (see St. Vincent's Hosp. of Richmond v. Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008] ; see also Healing Art Acupuncture, P.C. v. Maya Assur. Co., 47 Misc.3d 130[A], 2015 N.Y. Slip Op 50387[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2015] ). As a result, defendant failed to demonstrate that plaintiff's assignor had failed to appear at duly scheduled IMEs (see Stephen Fogel Psychological, P.C. v. Progressive Cas. Ins. Co ., 35 AD3d 720 [2006] ). Consequently, defendant is not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Accordingly, the order is reversed and defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SOLOMON, JJ., concur.