Opinion
CA 02-00356
March 21, 2003.
Appeal from an order of Supreme Court, Erie County (Makowski, J.), entered December 14, 2001, which denied the motion of defendant Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York to confirm the determination of the external appeal agent.
WEBSTER SZANYI LLP, BUFFALO (MICHAEL P. McCLAREN OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
COHEN LOMBARDO, P.C., BUFFALO (DAVID W. POLAK OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS.
COUCH WHITE, LLP, ALBANY (HAROLD N. ISELIN OF COUNSEL), FOR NEW YORK HEALTH PLAN ASSOCIATION, INC., AMICUS CURIAE.
PRESENT: GREEN, J.P., PINE, HURLBUTT, KEHOE, AND HAYES, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs. Same Memorandum as in Nenno v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of W.N.Y. ([appeal No. 1] 303 A.D.2d 930 [Mar. 21, 2003]).