Central General Hospital v. American Arbitration Ass'n

The threshold issue to be determined in this matter is whether, under the provisions of sections 670 and 671 of the Insurance Law, Central General Hospital, as health services provider to Keith Hersey, and assignee of the health benefits, has the sole right under the New York Automobile Reparations Act (no-fault) (Insurance Law, § 670), to the exclusion of the infant petitioner, Keith Hersey, who was comatose at the time and his father who, at *517the direction of the hospital admitting clerk, signed the assignment of medical benefits, to arbitrate this matter.

Thus, on September 20, 1976, Keith…