In re the Arbitration between Empire Mutual Insurance & Faulkner

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered September 26, 1975 in Albany County, which denied an application by petitioner for a stay of arbitration. This dispute arises out of a one-car automobile accident which occurred on May 26, 1974 in Ulster County. The vehicle involved was a 1964 Pontiac owned by respondent John Patterson and occupied by Patterson and respondent Stanley Faulkner, a passenger. On March 12, 1973, a notice of cancellation of respondent Patterson’s automobile policy was sent to him, to be effective March 29, 1973 for nonpayment of premiums.…