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Big Apple Med. Supply, Inc. v. Titan & Nationwide

SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
Dec 13, 2019
66 Misc. 3d 131 (N.Y. App. Term 2019)

Opinion

2018-1703 K C

12-13-2019

BIG APPLE MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC., as Assignee of Omarni M. John, Appellant, v. TITAN & NATIONWIDE, Respondent.

Kopelevich & Feldsherova, P.C. (David Landfair of counsel), for appellant. Harris J. Zakarin, P.C. (Harris J. Zakarin of counsel), for respondent.


Kopelevich & Feldsherova, P.C. (David Landfair of counsel), for appellant.

Harris J. Zakarin, P.C. (Harris J. Zakarin of counsel), for respondent.

PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with $25 costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court granting defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff's assignor had failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath (EUOs).

Where an insurer moves for summary judgment dismissing a complaint on the ground that a provider's assignor failed to appear for an EUO, to establish its prima facie case, the insurer need only establish "as a matter of law that it twice duly demanded an [EUO] from the [provider's] assignor, who had allegedly been injured in a motor vehicle accident, that the assignor twice failed to appear, and that the [insurer] issued a timely denial of the claims" ( Interboro Ins. Co. v Clennon , 113 AD3d 596, 597 [2014] ). As a result, since appearance at a duly demanded EUO "is a condition precedent to the insurer's liability on the policy" ( Stephen Fogel Psychological, P.C. v Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. , 35 AD3d 720, 722 [2006] ), contrary to plaintiff's contention, defendant established its entitlement to summary judgment. Plaintiff's remaining contention lacks merit.

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

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


Summaries of

Big Apple Med. Supply, Inc. v. Titan & Nationwide

SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
Dec 13, 2019
66 Misc. 3d 131 (N.Y. App. Term 2019)
Case details for

Big Apple Med. Supply, Inc. v. Titan & Nationwide

Case Details

Full title:Big Apple Medical Supply, Inc., as Assignee of Omarni M. John, Appellant…

Court:SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

Date published: Dec 13, 2019

Citations

66 Misc. 3d 131 (N.Y. App. Term 2019)
2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 52067
120 N.Y.S.3d 557

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