Legal Opinion
Government Employees Insurance v. Steinmetz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 27, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration of a claim for uninsured motorist benefits, Eliezer Steinmetz appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J), dated July 30, 2007, which, after a hearing, granted the petition.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
“Where, as here, a case is tried without a jury, this Court’s power to review the evidence is as broad as that of the trial court, ‘taking into account in a close case the fact that the trial judge had the advantage of seeing the witnesses’ ” (Terry v State of New York, 39…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Northern Westchester Professional Park Associates v. Town of BedfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Metropolitan Property & Casualty Co. v. SandsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- Progressive Northeastern Insurance v. SheikhAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
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- Government Employees Insurance v. AlbinoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
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