Wachtel v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

*671OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Judgment unanimously reversed, without costs, and claim dismissed.

Plaintiff instituted this action for reimbursement for the cost of a manual wheelchair that he purchased for his wife on November 25, 1985 at a cost of $532. Plaintiff’s wife suffers from multiple sclerosis and needs a wheelchair to be ambulatory. Plaintiff submitted a claim to defendant, his major medical provider, for a motorized wheelchair. That claim was approved and the benefits paid. Thereafter, plaintiff submitted a paid bill in the amount of $532 for a manual (nonmotorized) wheelchair.…