Opinion
2017-311 K C
05-03-2019
SOLUTION BRIDGE, INC., as Assignee of Akosah, Stephanie, Appellant, v. NATIONWIDE INS., Respondent.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Hollander Legal Group, P.C. (Allan S. Hollander of counsel), for respondent.
The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant.
Hollander Legal Group, P.C. (Allan S. Hollander of counsel), for respondent.
PRESENT: MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J., THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, DAVID ELLIOT, JJ
ORDERED that the order is reversed, with $30 costs, and defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.
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 had failed to provide requested verification.
Plaintiff correctly argues that the affidavit it submitted in opposition to defendant's motion was sufficient to give rise to a presumption that the requested verification had been mailed to, and received by, defendant (see St. Vincent's Hosp. of Richmond v Government Empls. Ins. Co. , 50 AD3d 1123 [2008] ) and thus that there is a triable issue of fact as to whether the verification had been provided.
Accordingly, the order is reversed and defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is denied.
PESCE, P.J., ALIOTTA and ELLIOT, JJ., concur.