Blackman v. Allstate Ins. Co.

• Court: Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
• Decided: May 10, 2019
• Docket: 2019 NYSlipOp 50750(U)
• Status: Published

Opinion

Noel E. Blackman, M.D., as Assignee of Levent, Emek, Appellant,

against

Allstate Insurance Company, Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Peter C. Merani, P.C. (Eric M. Wahrburg of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Devin P. Cohen, J.), entered August 23, 2016. The order denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and granted defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

ORDERED that the order is modified by providing that defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied; as so modified, the order is affirmed, without costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court which denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and granted defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

For the reasons stated in Metro Psychological Servs., P.C., as Assignee of Adams Kenneth v Allstate Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2016-2907 K C], decided herewith), the order is modified by providing that defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.

PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: May 10, 2019