Dabiri v. Allstate Ins. Co.

• Court: Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
• Decided: August 2, 2019
• Docket: 2019 NYSlipOp 51277(U)
• Status: Published

Opinion

Luqman Dabiri, M.D., as Assignee of Abner Vital, Appellant,

against

Allstate Insurance Company, Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Abrams, Cohen & Associates, P.C. (Frank Piccininni of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Richard J. Montelione, J.), entered January 17, 2017. The order granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment.

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 the insured vehicle had not been involved in the alleged accident in question, and denied plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment.

For the reasons stated in Parisien, as Assignee of Vital Abner v Allstate Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-445 K C], decided herewith), the order is affirmed.

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

ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: August 02, 2019