Prudential Property & Casualty Co. v. Szeli

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to stay arbitration of the claimant’s underinsured motorist claim, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Coppola, J.), entered March 29, 1991, which denied the petition.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the petition is granted.

The respondent claimant and two friends were walking along a road when an automobile struck and seriously injured them. The petitioner had insured the claimant’s father under an automobile policy having bodily injury coverage limits of $100,000 per…