Utica Acupuncture P.C. v Amica Mut. Ins. Co., 2017 NY Slip Op 50331(U)(App. Term 1st Dept. 2017)
“Defendant-insurer’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the underlying first-party no-fault action should have been denied, inasmuch as it failed to submit competent proof of the assignor’s nonappearance at scheduled independent medical examinations (IMEs). The conclusory affirmation of defendant’s IME doctor lacked probative value, since she failed to adequately state the basis of her recollection, some two years later, that the assignor did not appear on the scheduled IME dates”
(1) Personal knowledge
(2) Some procedure about no-shows being notated or a review of file and based upon procedure, affiant can affirmatively state the assignor failed to appear.
