Opinion
2007-1327 Q C.
Decided May 8, 2009.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Diane A. Lebedeff, J.), entered August 1, 2007. The order denied defendant's motion for summary judgment.
Order affirmed without costs.
PRESENT: PESCE, P.J., GOLIA and RIOS, JJ.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, the court denied defendant's motion for summary judgment. Defendant appeals and we affirm.
Defendant's follow-up verification requests, mailed on the 30th calendar day after it mailed the verification requests, were premature and without effect ( see General Construction Law § 20; Insurance Department Regulations [ 11 NYCRR] § 65-3.6 [b]; St. Vincent Med. Care, P.C. v Country-Wide Ins. Co., ___ Misc 3d ___, 2009 NY Slip Op _____ [No. 2008-437 Q C], decided herewith; Infinity Health Prods., Ltd. v Eveready Ins. Co. , 21 Misc 3d 1 [App Term, 2d 11th Jud Dists 2008]). Accordingly, defendant's motion for summary judgment was properly denied.
Pesce, P.J., and Rios, J., concur.
Golia, J., dissents and votes to reverse the order and grant defendant's motion for summary judgment for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in St. Vincent Med. Care, P.C. v Country-Wide Ins. Co., ___ Misc 3d ___, 2009 NY Slip Op _____ [No. 2008-437 Q C], decided herewith).