Opinion
03-16-2016
ENCOMPASS INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner–Respondent, v. ROCKAWAY FAMILY MEDICAL CARE, P.C., as asignee of Farah Obas, Respondent–Appellant.
Law Office of George T. Lewis, Jr., Syosset (George T. Lewis, Jr. Of counsel), for appellant. Bruno, Gerbino & Soriano LLP, Melville (Mitchell L. Kaufman of counsel), for respondent.
Law Office of George T. Lewis, Jr., Syosset (George T. Lewis, Jr. Of counsel), for appellant.
Bruno, Gerbino & Soriano LLP, Melville (Mitchell L. Kaufman of counsel), for respondent.
Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered August 25, 2014, vacating the master arbitration decision of Frank G. Godson dated December 17, 2013, and reinstating the award of arbitrator Laura Yantsos dated September 25, 2013, unanimously affirmed.
It is undisputed that petitioner's second follow-up request for an examination under oath was sent 11 days after respondent failed to appear on the date set in the first request and that the 10th day fell on a Sunday (see 11 NYCRR 65–3.6 [b] ). Plaintiff was entitled to an extension of time to the next business day to send its second follow-up request (see General Construction Law § 25–a ).
FRIEDMAN, J.P., ANDRIAS, SAXE, KAPNICK, JJ., concur.