Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Zmorzenski

Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Bowman, J.), dated May 25,1981, which vacated a petition to stay arbitration and directed that the arbitration pending between petitioner Nationwide (Mutual Insurance Company and respondents Francis and Mary Zmorzenski be continued, is unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, and the petition granted to the extent of staying arbitration pending determination at a hearing as to whether respondent Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company’s insurance policy was effectively canceled in compliance with section 576 of the Banking Law, with costs and…