Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Radiological Imaging, P.C. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided February 17, 2005PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Charles J. Markey, J.
The instant controversy raises issues of immense importance governing the permissible scope of discovery in litigation for no-fault first-party benefits. To illustrate the significance of the legal issues posed, this court has consolidated six motions only for purposes of this decision.
The six cases have several common denominators. An insurer has served multiple discovery notices on a plaintiff assignee medical provider of no-fault first-party benefit services. In each of the six motions, an insurer seeks to strike plaintiff’s complaint or to preclude…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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