Germain v. Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp.

Motion by respondent, the Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation, to stay arbitration of a claim made by claimant for personal injuries caused by an alleged hit-and-run driver. It is claimed that on February 25, 1961, petitioner, while driving his automobile along Hemp-stead Garden Drive, Long Island, was hit from the rear by another car; that the operator of the other car stopped and although he pretended to exchange licenses, he took off and got away. Although a policeman appeared on the scene soon after, to whom the occurrence was reported, respondent contends the accident was…