Opinion
2022-1014 K C
01-19-2024
WARTON SUPPLIES, INC., as Assignee of Amani Castello, Appellant, v. GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY, Respondent.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with $25 costs.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court granting defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath (EUOs).
Plaintiff's sole contention on appeal is that, pursuant to CPLR 2106 (a), the attorney affirmation that defendant submitted to establish that plaintiff had failed to appear for the EUOs was not admissible since the affirming attorney was employed by a law firm as "staff counsel" to defendant. Such an argument lacks merit (see Matter of Reid v Rochdale Vil., Inc. , 137 AD3d 797 [2016] ; Warton Supplies, Inc. v GEICO Indem. Co. , 76 Misc 3d 126[A], 2022 NY Slip Op 50770[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2022]; Warton Supplies, Inc. v GEICO (Gov Empls. ), 73 Misc 3d 146[A], 2021 NY Slip Op 51253[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2021]).
Accordingly, the order is affirmed.
TOUSSAINT, P.J., MUNDY and OTTLEY, JJ., concur.