Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C. v. Country Wide Ins. Co.

• Court: Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
• Decided: June 23, 2017
• Docket: 2017 NYSlipOp 50864(U)
• Status: Published

Opinion

Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Tanis, Leonel, Appellant,

against

Country Wide Insurance Company, Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Jaffe & Koumourdas, LLP (Jean H. Kang, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Terrence C. O'Connor, J.), entered November 23, 2015. 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 Island Life Chiropractic Pain Care, PLLC v Country Wide Ins. Co. (53 Misc 3d 131[A], 2016 NY Slip Op 51378[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2016]), the order is modified by providing that defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.

ELLIOT, J.P., PESCE and SOLOMON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: June 23, 2017