In re the Arbitration between Geico Indemnity Insurance & Hopper

*1314Respondent Josephine Hopper was injured as a result of a purse snatching perpetrated by respondent Michael Noel, who fled the scene in a vehicle that he had borrowed from respondent Jennifer Foglia. Thereafter, Hopper demanded arbitration with petitioner, Hopper’s motor vehicle insurance carrier, pursuant to the uninsured motorist provision of the policy. Petitioner, in turn, commenced this proceeding seeking to permanently stay arbitration and to add Progressive Northeastern Insurance Company as a respondent, which provided separate insurance policies to Noel and Foglia. Progressive opposed…