Ave T MPC Corp. v Travelers Prop. Cas. Ins. Co. (2012 NY Slip Op 50232(U))

Ave T MPC Corp. v Travelers Prop. Cas. Ins. Co.

2012 NY Slip Op 50232(U) [34 Misc 3d 148(A)]

Decided on February 9, 2012

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This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Ave T MPC Corp. as Assignee of LARRY LOGGINS, DINA FADIN LEVINSON, KARIM WASHINGTON and REBECA GOMEZ, Appellant,

against

Travelers Property Casualty Ins. Co., Respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Alan Lebowitz, J.H.O.), entered September 22, 2009. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the branches of defendant's motion seeking to strike the action from the trial calendar and to compel plaintiff to produce plaintiff's owner for an examination before trial, and denied plaintiff's cross motions seeking, among other things, costs and sanctions.

In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from so much of an order as granted the branches of defendant's motion seeking to strike the action from the trial calendar and to compel plaintiff to produce plaintiff's owner for an examination before trial, and denied plaintiff's cross motions seeking, among other things, costs and sanctions.

Because the notice of trial and certificate of readiness filed by plaintiff contained the erroneous statement that discovery had been completed, the Civil Court properly granted the branch of defendant's motion seeking to strike the matter from the trial calendar (see Citywide [*2]Social Work & Psychological Servs., PLLC v Autoone Ins. Co., 32 Misc 3d 130[A], 2011 NY Slip Op 51308[U] [App Term, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2011]; Allstate Social Work & Psychological Svcs., PLLC v GEICO Gen. Ins. Co., 29 Misc 3d 142[A], 2010 NY Slip Op 52162[U] [App Term, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2010]). In addition, upon a review of the record, we see no basis to disturb so much of the Civil Court's order as granted the branch of defendant's motion seeking to compel plaintiff to produce plaintiff's owner for an examination before trial. In light of the foregoing, plaintiff's cross motions were properly denied.