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Is a PIP IME hearsay?

I specifically remember that Mr. Barhshay and myself battled this issue in a different time in all of our lives. Primary Psychiatric Health, P.C. v.

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Appellate Term fiction

Colin Clarke, M.D., P.C. v MVAIC, 2021 NY Slip Op 50729(U)(App. Term 2d Dept 2021) (1) “The complaint alleges that the claims arose out of

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Respond at your own peril

Matter of Philadelphia Ins. Indem. Co. v Kendall, 2021 NY Slip Op 04284 (1st Dept, 2021), It is always an interesting issue that is presented:

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Preclusion

While the insurance carriers do not generally have bad faith in New York and the statutory attorneys fees are anemic, the rule on preclusion in

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Verification – MRI

Lenox Hill Radiology & MIA, P.C. v Hereford Ins. Co., 2021 NY Slip Op 21157 (Civ. Ct. NY Co. 2021) “Although plaintiff submitted decisions from

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The Cuomo Toll

Brash v Richards, 2021 NY Slip Op 03436 (2d Dept. 2021) Add on the period from 3/20/20 to 11/3/20 On March 20, 2020 Governor Cuomo

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205 toll

U.S. Bank N.A. v Jalas, 2021 NY Slip Op 03506 (3d Dept. 2021 I have always cringed when a case gets dismissed based upon 3215(c)

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Intention act on default

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v Surgicore of Jersey City, LLC, 2021 NY Slip Op 03536 (1st Dept. 2021) “The claim representative’s affidavit set

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