LUMBERMENS MUT. CAS. CO. v. A B MED. SERVS., PLLC

Index No. 100813/11. Appeal No. 12546. Case No. 2020-01039.

189 A.D.3d 439 (2020)

137 N.Y.S.3d 326

2020 NY Slip Op 07280

Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company et al., Respondents, v. A B Medical Services, PLLC, Also Known as AB Medical Serives, P.C., Also Known as A.B. Medical, PLLC, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided December 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Leyvi Law Group, P.C., Brooklyn ( Maksim Leyvi of counsel), for appellant.

Goldberg, Miller & Rubin, New York ( Harlan R. Schreiber of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Friedman, J.P., Kapnick, Gesmer, Kern, Shulman, JJ.


As an initial issue, 11 NYCRR 65-3.11(a) limits no-fault medical billing to employees of the provider that submits claims for no-fault benefits. It is submitted that Supreme Court properly granted judgment in favor of plaintiffs, because the treating providers were independent contractors, as opposed to employees. The record supports a finding that the "degree of control exercised by the purported employer" (Bynog v Cipriani Group, 1 N.Y.3d 193

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