Okslen Acupuncture P.C. v. Unitrin Advantage Ins. Co.

Full title: OKSLEN ACUPUNCTURE P.C. a/a/o Denvil B. Cleghorn, Plaintiff–Appellant, v…

Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department, New York.

Date published: Aug 22, 2014

44 Misc. 3d 140 (N.Y. App. Term 2014)

2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 51290

999 N.Y.S.2d 797

Opinion

No. 570045/14.

2014-08-22

OKSLEN ACUPUNCTURE P.C. a/a/o Denvil B. Cleghorn, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. UNITRIN ADVANTAGE INS. CO., Defendant–Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (Robert R. Reed, J.), entered November 26, 2012, which conditionally granted defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint unless plaintiff complied with defendant's notice of deposition.
Present: SCHOENFELD, J.P., HUNTER, JR., LING–COHAN, JJ. PER CURIAM.

Order (Robert R. Reed, J.), entered November 26, 2012, reversed, with $10 costs, and defendant's motion denied.

The defendant-insurer failed to demonstrate entitlement to depositions relating to its excessive treatment and fee schedule defenses, in the absence of any affirmative showing that it preserved those defenses by timely denying plaintiff's 2006 first-party no-fault claim ( see Triangle R. Inc. v. Progressive Ins. Co., 36 Misc.3d 151[A], 2012 N.Y. Slip Op 51685[U][App Term, 1st Dept 2012] ). In view of the foregoing, we need not and do not address plaintiff's alternative argument that the noticed depositions were otherwise unwarranted.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

I concur.