November 13, 2020

Metro Pain Specialist, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. PIP/BI Claims (2020 NY Slip Op 51381(U))

Headnote

The relevant facts considered by the court were that Metro Pain Specialist, P.C. was seeking to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits from State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. The main issue decided was whether the amount of available coverage had been exhausted, and the court granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied the plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment. The holding of the case was that the defendant's payment log was properly considered by the court, and therefore, the order granting the defendant's motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint was affirmed.

Reported in New York Official Reports at Metro Pain Specialist, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. PIP/BI Claims (2020 NY Slip Op 51381(U))

Metro Pain Specialist, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. PIP/BI Claims (2020 NY Slip Op 51381(U)) [*1]

Metro Pain Specialist, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. PIP/BI Claims

2020 NY Slip Op 51381(U) [69 Misc 3d 144(A)]

Decided on November 13, 2020

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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 November 13, 2020

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

PRESENT: : THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, P.J., DAVID ELLIOT, BERNICE D. SIEGAL, JJ
2019-129 K C

Metro Pain Specialist, P.C., as Assignee of Vasquez, Felix, Appellant,
against
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. PIP/BI Claims, Respondent.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. De Martini & Yi, LLP (Bryan Visnius of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Michael Gerstein, J.), entered December 13, 2018. The order granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiff’s cross motion for summary judgment.

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 the amount of available coverage had been exhausted and denied plaintiff’s cross motion for summary judgment.

Contrary to plaintiff’s contention as to defendant’s motion, defendant’s payment log was properly considered by the court (see e.g. Performance Plus Med., P.C. v MVAIC, 55 Misc 3d 151[A], 2017 NY Slip Op 50761[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2017]).

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

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

ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk
Decision Date: November 13, 2020