Edwards Nofaulthands

New York City Civil Court, Kings County Judge, the Honorable Genine D. Edwards, has had two no-fault trial decisions from this week picked up for publication today by the NYS Law Reporting Bureau.

All-Boro Med. Supplies, Inc. v Progressive Northeastern Ins. Co., 2007 NY Slip Op 27458 (Civ. Ct., Kings Cty., 2007), which will be published in the Miscellaneous Reports, concerns EUO requests and also touches on a carrier's burden in proving a lack of medical necessity. Judge Edwards comes to the conclusion that EUO request letters must be sent out within thirty (30) days of receipt of a bill for treatment. Since it seems that the patient actually appeared for the EUO, it's a much tougher call to make than the more often litigated situation of an EUO no-show where non-compliance vitiates coverage.

Delta Diagnostic Radiology, P.C. v MVAIC, 2007 NY Slip Op 52143(U) (Civ. Ct., Kings Cty., 2007), which will not be published in the Miscellaneous Reports, concerns the situation where a carrier issues a proper denial based on a provider's failure to submit a timely claim, containing the requisite language informing the provider that the untimeliness will be excused for reasonable justification, but the provider never actually bothers to submit such information. It appears that the Plaintiff did attempt to submit written justification one month prior to trial, but presumably this would not avoid the conclusion that the Complaint itself remains premature.

FWIW, now might be as good a time as any to mention that I began operations of Law Offices of Damin J. Toell, P.C. a few months ago. For the most part, I'm currently handling no-fault cases on behalf of providers. The business contact info is as follows:

Law Offices of Damin J. Toell, P.C.
P.O. Box 245112
Brooklyn, New York 11224
516-204-4775 (phone)
516-394-0855 (fax)

Business-related email should be directed to: djtoellpc @ gmail . com

Have a good weekend, all.