Devonshire Surgical Facility, LLC v Allstate Ins. Co. |
2012 NY Slip Op 52351(U) [38 Misc 3d 127] |
Decided on December 24, 2012 |
Appellate Term, First 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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Plaintiff, as limited by its briefs, appeals from so much of an order of the Civil Court of the
City of New York, New York County (Margaret A. Chan, J.), entered March 28, 2012, which
denied its cross motion for summary judgment on the complaint.
Per Curiam.
Order (Margaret A. Chan, J.), entered March 28, 2012, affirmed, with $10 costs.
The action, seeking recovery of assigned first-party no-fault benefits, is not ripe for summary
disposition. The record raises several triable issues, including whether the amounts of the timely
denied claims properly reflected plaintiff's apparent status as a surgical facility or were otherwise
in excess of the rates set forth in the governing fee schedule (see MIA Acupuncture, P.C. v Praetorian Ins. Co., 35 Misc 3d 69
[2011]). Plaintiff waived any purported defect in the affidavit of defendant's adjuster by failing to
contest its admissibility (see Akamnonu
v Rodriguez, 12 AD3d 187 [2004]). The new arguments raised in plaintiff's reply
papers, even if properly considered (cf.
Henry v Peguero, 72 AD3d 600, 602 [2010], appeal dismissed 15 NY3d 820
[2010]), failed to eliminate all triable issues of fact (see Winegrad v New York Univ. Med.
Ctr., 64 NY2d 851, 853 [1985]).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.
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Decision Date: December 24, 2012