Compas Med., P.C. v. Citiwide Auto Leasing

Opinion

Compas Medical, P.C., as Assignee of SHAMIR LOVE, Appellant,

against

Citiwide Auto Leasing, Respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (William A. Viscovich, J.), entered November 22, 2013. The order granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

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 which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff's assignor had failed to appear for duly scheduled independent medical examinations (IMEs).

Contrary to plaintiff's arguments, the proof submitted by defendant was sufficient to give rise to a presumption that the IME scheduling letters and denial of claim forms at issue had been properly mailed (see St. Vincent's Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]; Residential Holding Corp. v Scottsdale Ins. Co., 286 AD2d 679 [2001]). In light of this determination, plaintiff's remaining contention is moot.

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

Pesce, P.J., Aliotta and Solomon, JJ., concur.

Decision Date: September 27, 2016