Legal Opinion
Zlatnick v. Government Employees Insurance
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided November 25, 2003PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Charles J. Markey, J.
*348This court is asked to resolve an issue of first impression with wide ramifications for the conduct of no-fault litigation for first-party benefits. The issue is whether a defendant, defending a lawsuit seeking first-party benefits by an assignment, may simultaneously employ a demand for responses to interrogatories and a notice of deposition.
Generally, in no-fault litigation for first-party benefits, a medical provider has taken a patient’s assignment of benefits. The health care professional, the assignee of such benefits, who has not been paid by…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Montgomery v. DanielsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Presbyterian Hospital v. Maryland Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1997
- General Accident Insurance Group v. CirucciNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Medical Society v. SerioNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
- Rios v. DonovanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- MOPS Medical Supply v. GEICO InsuranceCivil Court of the City of New York · 2004
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