October 25, 2019

Vincent Med. Servs., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51749(U))

Headnote

The court considered an appeal from an order of the Civil Court which denied the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint. The main issue in the case was whether the complaint, brought by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, should be dismissed. The court ultimately held that the order denying the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint was reversed and granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint. This decision was made based on the reasons stated in a separate case, Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Vernizier, Jean Willy v American Ind. Ins. Co. The decision was made by Presiding Justice Michael L. Pesce, Justice Thomas P. Aliotta, and Justice Bernice D. Siegal.

Reported in New York Official Reports at Vincent Med. Servs., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51749(U))

Vincent Med. Servs., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co. (2019 NY Slip Op 51749(U)) [*1]

Vincent Med. Servs., P.C. v American Ind. Ins. Co.

2019 NY Slip Op 51749(U) [65 Misc 3d 144(A)]

Decided on October 25, 2019

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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 October 25, 2019

SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

PRESENT: : MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2018-313 K C

Vincent Medical Services, P.C., as Assignee of Pierre, Jean Louis, Respondent,
against
American Independent Ins. Co., Appellant.

Freiberg, Peck & Kang, LLP (Yilo J. Kang of counsel), for appellant. The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Odessa Kennedy, J.), entered January 31, 2018. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.

ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed, with $30 costs, and defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Civil Court as denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8).

For the reasons stated in Pierre J. Renelique, M.D., P.C., as Assignee of Vernizier, Jean Willy v American Ind. Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-2405 K C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is reversed and defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.

PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SIEGAL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: October 25, 2019