First class mail is sufficient even when certified mailing is returned

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MML Med. Care, P.C. v Praetorian Ins. Co., 2014 NY Slip Op 51792(U)(App. Term 2d Dept. 2014)

“While the Civil Court held that the tracking numbers associated with the copies of the letters which had been sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, reflected that these copies of the EUO scheduling letters had apparently not been delivered to the assignor, such a fact, even if true, would not excuse the failure of plaintiff’s assignor to appear for the duly scheduled EUOs since the record does not contain any evidence showing that the mailing of the EUO scheduling letters to plaintiff’s assignor by first class mail had been insufficient.”

This case goes one step further beyond the argument that mailing the document via certified mail requires proof that the Claimant received the correspondence, despite the fact that there is proof that the mailing was done through first class mail.  Rather, this case now says that proof of first class mailing is sufficient, even in the face of affirmative proof that certified mailing was mailed.

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