| New Way Med. Supply Corp. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. |
| 2017 NY Slip Op 50925(U) [56 Misc 3d 132(A)] |
| Decided on July 14, 2017 |
| 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| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell, Esq.), for appellant. Nicolini, Paradise, Ferretti & Sabella, PLLC (Francis J. Ammendolea, Esq.), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Ingrid Joseph, J.), entered April 25, 2014. The order granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
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.
Contrary to plaintiff's contention, the record demonstrates that defendant had not received requested verification and, thus, that the action is premature (see Central Suffolk Hosp. v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 24 AD3d 492 [2005]). In opposition to defendant's motion, plaintiff submitted an affidavit from plaintiff's owner, in which he identified the documents that had been sent by plaintiff to defendant in response to defendant's verification requests, which established that plaintiff had failed to send the requested verification. For example, plaintiff did not provide defendant with wholesale invoices for the equipment furnished by plaintiff even though these invoices were requested by defendant.
Accordingly, the order is affirmed.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and SOLOMON, JJ., concur.