Renelique v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co.

[*1] Renelique v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 2016 NY Slip Op 50868(U) Decided on June 3, 2016 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 This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 June 3, 2016
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SOLOMON, JJ.
2013-1755 Q C

Pierre Jean Jacques Renelique, as Assignee of MERCEDES SANDOVAL, Appellant,

against

New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Maureen A. Healy, J.), entered April 25, 2013. 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 moved for summary judgment, and defendant cross-moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that it had timely and properly denied the claims based on plaintiff's assignor's failure to appear for independent medical examinations. The Civil Court denied plaintiff's motion and granted defendant's cross motion.

Contrary to plaintiff's contention on appeal, the affidavit submitted by defendant in support of its motion established the timely and proper mailing of the denial of claim form (see St. Vincent's Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]). As plaintiff's remaining contentions are improperly raised for the first time on appeal and are speculative, the order is affirmed.

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

Decision Date: June 03, 2016