Ezra Supply, Inc. v State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co.

[*1] Ezra Supply, Inc. v State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. 2022 NY Slip Op 50613(U) Decided on June 17, 2022 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 This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 17, 2022
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, P.J., DONNA-MARIE E. GOLIA, CHEREÉ A. BUGGS, JJ
2021-285 K C

Ezra Supply, Inc., as Assignee of Villar De La Rosa Yari, Appellant,

against

State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co., Respondent.

Kopelevich & Feldsherova, P.C. (David Landfair of counsel), for appellant. Rivkin Radler, LLP (Stuart M. Bodoff and Cheryl F. Korman of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Jill R. Epstein, J.), entered April 1, 2021. 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 granting defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff's assignor failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath (EUOs).

Contrary to plaintiff's contention, defendant established, prima facie, that initial and follow-up letters scheduling an EUO were timely and properly mailed in accordance with defendant's standard office practices and procedures, as plaintiff's assignor's sworn statement confirmed that the address used by defendant was the proper address and neither plaintiff nor its assignor disputed assignor's receipt of the letters (see St. Vincent's Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]). In addition, defendant established, prima facie, that plaintiff's assignor failed to appear on either of the scheduled dates (see Celestin v 40 Empire Blvd., Inc., 168 AD3d 805 [2019]) and that the claims were timely denied on that ground (see St. Vincent's Hosp. of Richmond, 50 AD3d 1123).

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

ALIOTTA, P.J., GOLIA and BUGGS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Cler
Decision Date: June 17, 2022k