Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C. v. Nationwide Ins.

Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C. v Nationwide Ins. (2022 NY Slip Op 50580(U)) [*1] Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C. v Nationwide Ins. 2022 NY Slip Op 50580(U) [75 Misc 3d 138(A)] Decided on June 10, 2022 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 This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.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 June 10, 2022 SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 2d, 11th and 13th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS PRESENT: : THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, P.J., WAVNY TOUSSAINT, DONNA-MARIE E. GOLIA, JJ 2020-300 K C Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C., as Assignee of Smith, Lendell, Appellant, against 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. Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Robin Kelly Sheares, J.), entered August 8, 2019. The order granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with $25 costs. 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. Plaintiff's arguments as to why defendant's motion for summary judgment should have been denied are not properly before this court, since they are being raised for the first time on appeal, and we decline to consider them (see Joe v Upper Room Ministries, Inc., 88 AD3d 963 [2011]; Gulf Ins. Co. v Kanen, 13 AD3d 579 [2004]). Accordingly, the order is affirmed. ALIOTTA, P.J., TOUSSAINT and GOLIA, JJ., concur. ENTER: Paul Kenny Chief Clerk Decision Date: June 10, 2022