Rummel G. Mendoza, D.C., P.C. v Chubb Indem. Ins. Co., 2015 NY Slip Op 50900(U)(App. Term 1st Dept. 2015)
“[defendant] establish[ed] that it timely denied the claims based on the independent medical examination (IME) report and follow-up report of its examining orthopedic doctor, which set forth a factual basis and medical rationale for her stated conclusion that the assignor’s injuries were resolved and that there was no need for further physical therapy treatment. In opposition, plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue. The affidavit of plaintiff’s treating physical therapist failed to meaningfully address the contrary findings made by defendant’s examining doctor, including the normal results of the range of motion testing of the assignor’s cervical and lumbar spine”
