Opinion
2019-1234 K C
08-27-2021
CHARLES DENG ACUPUNCTURE, P.C., as Assignee of Gracia, Ronald, Respondent, v. ZIPCAR, Appellant.
Rubin, Fiorella, Friedman & Mercante LLP (Deena Khalifa of counsel), for appellant. The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell and Richard Rozhik of counsel), for respondent.
Rubin, Fiorella, Friedman & Mercante LLP (Deena Khalifa of counsel), for appellant.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell and Richard Rozhik of counsel), for respondent.
PRESENT: THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, P.J., DAVID ELLIOT, WAVNY TOUSSAINT, JJ.
ORDERED that the order is reversed, with $30 costs, and plaintiff's motion to dismiss defendant's affirmative defenses is denied.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant appeals from an order of the Civil Court which granted plaintiff's motion, pursuant to CPLR 3211 (b), to dismiss defendant's affirmative defenses with prejudice.
For the reasons stated in Island Life Chiropractic Pain Care, PLLC, as Assignee of Hutchinson, Aaron v ZipCar (––– Misc 3d ––––, 2021 NY Slip Op –––– [appeal No. 2019-711 K C], decided herewith), the order is reversed and plaintiff's motion to dismiss defendant's affirmative defenses is denied.
ALIOTTA, P.J., ELLIOT and TOUSSAINT, JJ., concur.