NL Quality Med., P.C. v. 21st Century Ins. Co.

The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Law Offices of Buratti, Rothenberg & Burns (Marisa Villafana-Jones of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Robin S. Garson, J.), entered May 4, 2017. 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 plaintiff's assignor had failed to appear for duly scheduled examinations under oath and denied plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment.

For the reasons stated in Ocean One Physical Therapy, P.C., as Assignee of Maxim Savelyev v 21st Century Centennial Ins. Co. (___ Misc 3d ___, 2019 NY Slip Op _____ [appeal No. 2017-1778 K C], decided herewith), the order is affirmed.

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