Opinion
2018-1643 K C
10-11-2019
SPINE CARE OF NJ, P.C., as Assignee of Nohelia Francechi, Respondent, v. GLOBAL LIBERTY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Appellant.
Law Office of Jason Tenenbaum, P.C. (Jason Tenenbaum of counsel), for appellant. Zara Javakov, P.C. (Zara Javakov of counsel), for respondent.
Law Office of Jason Tenenbaum, P.C. (Jason Tenenbaum of counsel), for appellant.
Zara Javakov, P.C. (Zara Javakov of counsel), for respondent.
PRESENT: MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed, with $30 costs, and the branches of plaintiff's cross motion seeking summary judgment on so much of the complaint as sought to recover on bills for services rendered on December 21, 2016 and December 29, 2016 are denied.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant appeals, as limited by the brief, from so much of an order of the Civil Court as granted the branches of plaintiff's cross motion seeking summary judgment on so much of the complaint as sought to recover on bills for services rendered on December 21, 2016 and December 29, 2016.
The branches of plaintiff's cross motion seeking summary judgment on so much of the complaint as sought to recover on bills for services rendered on December 21, 2016 and December 29, 2016 should have been denied, as the proof submitted by plaintiff failed to establish that the claims had not been timely denied (see Viviane Etienne Med. Care, P.C. v. Country-Wide Ins. Co. , 25 NY3d 498 [2015] ), or that defendant had issued timely denial of claim forms that were conclusory, vague or without merit as a matter of law (see Westchester Med. Ctr. v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. , 78 AD3d 1168 [2010] ; Ave T MPC Corp. v. Auto One Ins. Co. , 32 Misc 3d 128[A], 2011 NY Slip Op 51292[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2011] ).
Accordingly, the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed, and the branches of plaintiff's cross motion seeking summary judgment on so much of the complaint as sought to recover on bills for services rendered on December 21, 2016 and December 29, 2016 are denied.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.