PREFERRED ORTHO PRODUCTS INC v. HEREFORD INSURANCE CO (2019)

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, New York.

PREFERRED ORTHO PRODUCTS, INC., as Assignee of Vasquez, Luis, Appellant, v. HEREFORD INSURANCE CO., Respondent.

2017-283 Q C

Decided: May 03, 2019

PRESENT: MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices of Rubin & Nazarian (Tasnim Hassanali of counsel), for respondent.

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 denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, and granted defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff's assignor had failed to appear for duly scheduled independent medical examinations (IMEs).

Contrary to plaintiff's arguments, defendant's proof sufficiently established the proper mailing of the IME scheduling letters (see St. Vincent's Hosp. of Richmond v. Government Empls. Ins. Co., 50 AD3d 1123 [2008]) and that plaintiff's assignor had failed to appear for the scheduled IMEs (see Stephen Fogel Psychological, P.C. v. Progressive Cas. Ins. Co., 35 AD3d 720 [2006]).

Accordingly, the order is affirmed.

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

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