Legal Opinion
CGU Insurance v. Velez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 22, 2001PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration of an uninsured motorist claim, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Berler, J.), dated June 28, 2000, which, after a hearing, granted the petition and permanently stayed arbitration.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The determination of the fact-finding court should not be disturbed on appeal unless the court’s conclusions could not be reached by any fair interpretation of the evidence, especially in cases resting in large part on the credibility of witnesses (see, Thoreson…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Thoreson v. Penthouse International, Ltd.New York Court of Appeals · 1992
- Allstate Insurance v. McMahonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Aetna Life & Casualty v. GramazioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Tri-State Consumer Insurance v. DabushAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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