Opinion
570276/11.
Decided November 2, 2011.
Defendant appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County (Raul Cruz, J.), entered October 21, 2010, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Order (Raul Cruz, J.), entered October 21, 2010, reversed, with $10 costs, motion granted and complaint dismissed. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.
PRESENT: Shulman, J.P., Hunter, Jr., Torres, JJ.
In this action to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant established prima facie that it mailed the notices of independent medical examinations (IME) to the assignor and his attorney, and that the assignor failed to appear ( see Unitrin Advantage Ins. Co. v Bayshore Physical Therapy, PLLC , 82 AD3d 559 , 560, lv denied 17 NY3d 705; Stephen Fogel Psychological, P.C. v Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. , 35 AD3d 720 , 721). In opposition, plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue regarding the reasonableness of the requests or the assignor's failure to attend the IMEs ( see Unitrin Advantage Ins. Co., 82 AD3d at 560; Inwood Hill Med. P.C. v General Assur. Co. , 10 Misc 3d 18 , 20).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.