Opinion
No. 2014–1322QC.
07-21-2017
COMPAS MEDICAL, P.C., as Assignee of Cowan, Janoi, Appellant, v. HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Miller, Leiby & Associates, P.C. (Stacia Ury, Esq.), for respondent.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Miller, Leiby & Associates, P.C. (Stacia Ury, Esq.), for respondent.
Present: MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, MARTIN M. SOLOMON, 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 moved for summary judgment, and defendant cross-moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that it had timely and properly denied the claim at issue based upon the assignor's failure to appear for duly scheduled independent medical examinations. The Civil Court denied plaintiff's motion and granted defendant's cross motion.
Contrary to plaintiff's sole argument on appeal with respect to defendant's cross motion, defendant's submissions were sufficient to give rise to a presumption that the denial of claim forms had been timely and properly mailed (see St. Vincent's Hosp. of Richmond v. Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008] ).
Accordingly, the order is affirmed.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SOLOMON, JJ., concur.