Legal Opinion
Hospital for Joint Diseases v. Travelers Property Casualty Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 2007PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Graffeo, J.
In this action, a hospital seeks to recover no-fault insurance benefits for services rendered to a patient injured in a motor vehicle accident. We conclude that the insurance company’s failure to timely request verification of the patient’s assignment of benefits to the hospital precludes the carrier from now contesting the validity of the assignment. We therefore affirm the order of the Appellate Division so holding.
Plaintiff New York and Presbyterian Hospital treated patient Browne in 2004 for injuries he sustained as a result of an automobile accident. At the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Presbyterian Hospital v. Maryland Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Medical Society v. SerioNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
- Central General Hospital v. Chubb Group of Insurance CompaniesNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Worcester Insurance v. BettenhauserNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- Nyack Hospital v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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- Allstate Insurance v. MunCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
- Westchester Medical Center v. Lincoln General InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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