Prof'l Health Imaging, P.C. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Full title: Professional Health Imaging, P.C., as Assignee of MAKSIM CELA, Appellant…

Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

Date published: Apr 25, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 50701 (N.Y. App. Term 2016)

Opinion

2014-2138 K C

04-25-2016

Professional Health Imaging, P.C., as Assignee of MAKSIM CELA, Appellant, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., Respondent.

ELLIOT, J.P., WESTON and SOLOMON, JJ.

PRESENT: :

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Devin P. Cohen, J.), entered August 8, 2014. The order granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, to strike defendant's answer and affirmative defenses, and to compel defendant to respond to discovery demands.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with $25 costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff had failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath. Plaintiff cross-moved for summary judgment or, in the alternative, to strike defendant's answer and affirmative defenses, and to compel defendant to respond to discovery demands. Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court granting defendant's motion and denying plaintiff's cross motion.

For the reasons stated in Professional Health Imaging, P.C., as Assignee of Jennifer Donofrio v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (____ Misc 3d _____, 2016 NY Slip Op ______ [appeal No. 2014-1991 K C], decided herewith), the order is affirmed.

Elliot, J.P., Weston and Solomon, JJ., concur. Decision Date: April 25, 2016