MSB PHYSICAL THERAPY v. NATIONWIDE INS (2025)

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 failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath (EUOs), and denied plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment.

Defendant established prima facie that it timely mailed initial and follow-up EUO scheduling letters (see St. Vincent's Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]; see also 11 NYCRR 65-3.8 [l]); that plaintiff failed to appear for the scheduled EUOs; and that defendant then issued “timely and proper denial[s] of the claims following [plaintiff's] failure to appear at the last scheduled EUO” (Quality Health Supply Corp. v Nationwide Ins., 216 AD3d 1013, 1014 [2023], revg 69 Misc 3d 133[A], 2020 NY Slip Op 51226[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2020]). As plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact in response to defendant's prima facie showing, defendant's motion was properly granted and plaintiff's cross-motion was properly denied.

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

The decision and order of this court dated December 23, 2022 (77 Misc 3d 140[A], 2022 NY Slip Op 51382[U]) is hereby recalled and vacated (see motion decided simultaneously herewith).

TOUSSAINT, P.J., BUGGS and OTTLEY, JJ., concur.