Metro Med. Diagnostics, P.C. v Motor Veh. Acc. Indem. Corp.

[*1] Metro Med. Diagnostics, P.C. v Motor Veh. Acc. Indem. Corp. 2005 NY Slip Op 50239(U) Decided on March 1, 2005 Appellate Term, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Decided on March 1, 2005
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPELLATE TERM: 2nd and 11th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: PESCE, P.J., PATTERSON and GOLIA, JJ.


METRO MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS, PC Assignee of GENNADY MANUKOVSKY, AL WATFORD, VLADIMIR VARDONYAN, NICHOLAS MARAGNI AND NINA SOKOLETSKAYA, Respondent, NO~ 2004 -1020 Q C

against

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INDEMNITY CORPORATION, Appellant.

Appeal by defendant from an order of the Civil Court, Queens County (H. Lane, J.), entered May 24, 2004, denying its motion to sever.

Order unanimously reversed without costs and defendant's motion to sever granted.

Plaintiff commenced this action to recover no-fault benefits as assignee of five assignors. The claims arose from five separate accidents. Defendant moved to sever the ten causes of action contained in the complaint into five separate actions pursuant to CPLR 603, which motion the court below denied.

The order should be reversed for the reasons set forth in Metro Med. Diagnostics, PC v Motor Veh. Acc. Indem. Corp. ( Misc 3d , 2005 NY Slip Op [No. 2004 -1019 Q C, decided herewith]).
Decision Date: March 01, 2005