SAMA Physical Therapy, P.C. v. Tri State Consumers Ins. Co.

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

SAMA Physical Therapy, P.C. v. Tri State Consumers Ins. Co.

CourtAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

DecidedNovember 16, 2018

Docket2018 NYSlipOp 51635(U)

StatusPublished

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SAMA Physical Therapy, P.C. v. Tri State Consumers Ins. Co., (N.Y. Ct. App. 2018).

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Opinion

SAMA Physical Therapy, P.C., as Assignee of Bascumbe, Tnilcy, Appellant,

against

Tri State Consumers Ins. Co., Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Peter Coates, Esq., for respondent (no brief filed).

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Katherine A. Levine, J.), entered March 11, 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 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 denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and granted defendant's cross 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, defendant's proof sufficiently established the proper mailing of the IME scheduling letters (see St. Vincent's Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]) and that plaintiff's assignor had failed to appear for the scheduled IMEs (see Stephen Fogel Psychological, P.C. v Progressive Cas. Ins. Co., 35 AD3d 720 [2006]).

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

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

ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 16, 2018

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