Synergy First Med. PLLC v ELRAC Inc.
Annotate this CaseDecided on January 14, 2010
APPELLATE TERM OF THE SUPREME COURT, FIRST DEPARTMENT
PRESENT: Schoenfeld, J.P., Shulman, Hunter, JJ
570630/09.
Synergy First Medical PLLC, a/a/o Victoria Orozco, Plaintiff-Respondent, - -
against
ELRAC Inc. d/b/a Enterprise Rent A Car, Defendant-Appellant.
Defendant appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County
(Lizbeth Gonzalez, J.), entered June 30, 2009, which denied its motion for summary judgment
dismissing the complaint.
Per Curiam.
Order (Lizbeth Gonzalez, J.), entered June 30, 2009, reversed, without costs, and defendant's
motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted. The Clerk is directed to enter
judgment accordingly.
In opposition to defendant's prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of
law on the ground that plaintiff did not submit timely proof of its claim for first-party no-fault
benefits (see 11 NYCRR 65-1.1; 65-2.4), plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue with
respect to whether it had a "reasonable justification" for its delay in submitting such proof
(see 11 NYCRR 65-3.3[e]). Plaintiff's bald and unelaborated assertion that the delay was
attributable to a staffing issue, i.e., the absence of an (unidentified) employee responsible for
preparing claims because of "a family emergency," is, under the circumstances presented,
insufficient to raise a triable issue (see
generally Bronx Expert Radiology, P.C. v Motor Vehicle Acc. Indem. Corp., 20 Misc 3d
140[A] [2008]; NY Arthroscopy &
Sports Medicine PLLC v Motor Veh. Acc. Indem. Corp., 15 Misc 3d 89 [2007]).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.
I concurI concurI concur
Decision Date: January 14, 2010
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