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Richard Morgan Do, P.C. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
2009 NY Slip Op 50242(U) [22 Misc 3d 134(A)]
Decided on February 13, 2009
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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 February 13, 2009
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

APPELLATE TERM: 9th and 10th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

PRESENT: : RUDOLPH, P.J., TANENBAUM and LaCAVA, JJ
2008-373 N C.

Richard Morgan Do, P.C. a/a/o HOWARD DUNSTON, Appellant,

against

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Respondent.


Appeal from an order of the District Court of Nassau County, Third District (Robert H. Spergel, J.), entered January 9, 2008. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.


Order, insofar as appealed from, affirmed without costs.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff moved for summary judgment and defendant cross-moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff's assignor had failed to appear for independent medical examinations (IMEs). In support of its cross motion, defendant submitted, inter alia, an affidavit of an employee of Independent Physical Exam Referrals, Inc. (IPER), the company which scheduled the IMEs. The District Court granted defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. On appeal, plaintiff argues only that defendant's cross motion for summary judgment should have been denied because the affidavit executed by IPER's employee was insufficient to establish that defendant's request and follow-up request for an IME were mailed to plaintiff's assignor.

Contrary to plaintiff's contentions, the affidavit submitted by defendant was sufficient to establish that defendant's requests and follow-up requests for IMEs were mailed to plaintiff's assignor (see Chi Acupuncture, P.C. v Kemper Auto & Home Insurance Co., 14 Misc 3d 141[A], 2007 NY Slip Op 50352[U] [App Term, 9th & 10th Jud Dists 2007]). Accordingly, the order, insofar as appealed from, is affirmed.

Rudolph, P.J., Tanenbaum and LaCava, JJ., concur. [*2]
Decision Date: February 13, 2009