Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Full title: Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Civil, Erienne, Appellant…

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

Date published: Sep 8, 2017

2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 51156 (N.Y. App. Term 2017)

66 N.Y.S.3d 652

Opinion

2014-1971 Q C

09-08-2017

Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Civil, Erienne, Appellant, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Rivkin Radler, LLP (Merril S. Biscone, Esq.), for respondent.

MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, MARTIN M. SOLOMON, JJ

PRESENT: :

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant.

Rivkin Radler, LLP (Merril S. Biscone, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Larry Love, J.), entered August 4, 2014. The order granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

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 which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Contrary to plaintiff's sole contention on appeal, the proof submitted by defendant in support of its motion was sufficient to demonstrate that plaintiff's assignor had failed to appear for examinations under oath (see Stephen Fogel Psychological, P.C. v Progressive Cas. Ins. Co., 35 AD3d 720 [2006]).

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SOLOMON, JJ., concur. Paul Kenny Chief Clerk Decision Date: September 08, 2017