Starlite Acupuncture, P.C. v. MVAIC

Full title: Starlite Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Robinson, Atiya, Respondent, v…

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

Date published: Mar 8, 2019

62 Misc. 3d 151 (N.Y. App. Term 2019)

2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 50288

113 N.Y.S.3d 810

Opinion

2016-2733 K C

03-08-2019

STARLITE ACUPUNCTURE, P.C., as Assignee of Robinson, Atiya, Respondent, v. MVAIC, Appellant.

Marshall & Marshall, PLLC (Barbara Campbell of counsel), for appellant. The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for respondent.

Marshall & Marshall, PLLC (Barbara Campbell of counsel), for appellant.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for respondent.

PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ

ORDERED that the order is reversed, with $ 30 costs, and defendant's motion for summary dismissing the complaint is granted.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation (sued herein as MVAIC) appeals from an order of the Civil Court which denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

For the reasons stated in Veraso Med. Supply Corp., as Assignee of Greer Foster Salvanita v. MVAIC (––– Misc 3d ––––, 2019 NY Slip Op –––– [appeal No. 2016-1629 K C], decided herewith), the order is reversed and defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.