Legal Opinion

In Re the Arbitration Between Steck & State Farm Insurance

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 25, 1996PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the petition to stay arbitration denied.

On August 18, 1992, appellant, while driving a vehicle, was seriously injured in an automobile accident. He recovered $300,000 to settle the claim, the maximum coverage of the tortfeasor driver’s insurance policy. Appellant possessed automobile coverage with respondent State Farm Insurance Company, with liability coverage limits of $100,000/$300,000 and underinsurance coverage of $100,000. Respondent denied appellant’s claim for underinsurance…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re the Arbitration between Matarasso & Continental Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1982

3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Fiveco, Inc. v. HaberNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
  2. CNA Insurance v. CarsleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  3. Government Employees Insurance v. Castillo-GomezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  4. Hartford Insurance v. BuonocoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  5. In re the Arbitration between State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance & KankamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004

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