Hertz Vehicles, LLC v. Cepeda

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan M. Kenney, J.), entered on or about March 8, 2017, which, to the extent appealed from, denied defendant Innovative Health Chiropractic, P.C.’s request for attorneys’ fees, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant Innovative argues that, as the assignee of the rights of the no-fault claimants in the underlying automobile accident to whom it provided medical treatment, it successfully defended itself in this declaratory judgment action and thus should recover attorneys’ fees just as an insured may recover attorneys’ fees upon successfully defending itself…