Healthway Med. Care, P.C. v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co.

[*1] Healthway Med. Care, P.C. v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 2017 NY Slip Op 51187(U) Decided on September 15, 2017 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 This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 September 15, 2017
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, MARTIN SOLOMON, JJ
2014-1125 K C

Healthway Medical Care, P.C., as Assignee of Sherod, Hill, Appellant,

against

New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Gullo & Associates, LLP (Cristina Carollo, Esq.), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Carolyn E. Wade, J.), entered April 1, 2014. The order granted defendant's 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 granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff's assignor had failed to appear for duly scheduled independent medical examinations.

For the reasons stated in Sama Physical Therapy, P.C., as Assignee of Sherod, Hill v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2017 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2014-1102 K C], decided herewith), the order is affirmed.

PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SOLOMON, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: September 15, 2017