October 11, 2016

Compas Med., P.C. v American Tr. Ins. Co. (2016 NY Slip Op 51545(U))

Headnote

The court considered an appeal from an order of the Civil Court in a case where a medical provider was seeking to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits from an insurance company. The main issues decided were whether the branches of the plaintiff's motion seeking summary judgment on the first through fifth causes of action should be denied and whether the branches of the defendant's cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing those causes of action should be granted. The holding of the court was that the branches of the defendant's cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the first through fifth causes of action were denied, and the order, insofar as appealed from, was affirmed.

Reported in New York Official Reports at Compas Med., P.C. v American Tr. Ins. Co. (2016 NY Slip Op 51545(U))

Compas Med., P.C. v American Tr. Ins. Co. (2016 NY Slip Op 51545(U)) [*1]

Compas Med., P.C. v American Tr. Ins. Co.

2016 NY Slip Op 51545(U) [53 Misc 3d 143(A)]

Decided on October 11, 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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 October 11, 2016

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

PRESENT: : PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SOLOMON, JJ.
2014-1194 Q C

Compas Medical, P.C., as Assignee of Jean Patrick Fabre, Appellant,
against
American Transit Ins. Co., Respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Jodi Orlow, J.), entered April 24, 2014. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied the branches of plaintiff’s motion seeking summary judgment on the first through fifth causes of action and granted the branches of defendant’s cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing those causes of action.

ORDERED that the order, insofar as appealed from, is modified by providing that the branches of defendant’s cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the first through fifth causes of action are denied; as so modified, the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed, without costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Civil Court as denied the branches of plaintiff’s motion seeking summary judgment on the first through fifth causes of action, and granted the branches of defendant’s cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing those causes of action on the ground that they were premature because plaintiff had failed to provide requested verification.

For the reasons stated in Performance Plus Med., P.C., as Assignee of Melanna Luckie v Nationwide Ins. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2016 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2013-2766 Q C], decided herewith), the order, insofar as appealed from, is modified by providing that the branches of defendant’s cross motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the first through fifth causes of action are denied.

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

Decision Date: October 11, 2016