Opinion
No. 2020-426 K C
11-18-2022
Bell Air Medical Supply, LLC, as Assignee of Tiffany Waddell, Denise Waddell and Abuoadan Jafar, Appellant, v. MVAIC, Respondent.
Gary Tsirelman, P.C. (Stefan Belinfanti of counsel), for appellant. Marshall & Marshall, PLLC (Frank D'Esposito and Jeffrey Kadushin of counsel), for respondent.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Gary Tsirelman, P.C. (Stefan Belinfanti of counsel), for appellant.
Marshall & Marshall, PLLC (Frank D'Esposito and Jeffrey Kadushin of counsel), for respondent.
PRESENT:: MICHELLE WESTON, J.P., WAVNY TOUSSAINT, CHEREÉ A. BUGGS, JJ
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Lisa Ottley, J.), entered September 22, 2017. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, dismissed the complaint.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with $25 costs.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Civil Court, after a nonjury trial, dismissing the complaint.
Plaintiff, as assignee, was required to exhaust its remedies against all potential insurance carriers before seeking relief from defendant (see Hauswirth v American Home Assur. Co., 244 A.D.2d 528 [1997]; Arguelles, M.D., P.C. v Motor Veh. Acc. Indem. Corp., 64 Misc.3d 136 [A], 2019 NY Slip Op 51156[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2019]; Promed Durable Equip., Inc. v MVAIC, 64 Misc.3d 136 [A], 2019 NY Slip Op 51152[U] [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2019]). Here, plaintiff did not demonstrate that it had done so. Consequently, the Civil Court properly dismissed the complaint (see Arguelles, M.D., P.C., 2019 NY Slip Op 51156[U]).
Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed.
WESTON, J.P., TOUSSAINT and BUGGS, JJ., concur.