Allstate Insurance v. Charno

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration of a claim for underinsured motorist benefits, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Adams, J.), dated December 13, 1999, which granted the petition and permanently stayed the arbitration.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, the petition is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed.

The claimant was injured in an accident which involved an underinsured motorist. The monetary limits applicable to the bodily injury liability protection which covered that underinsured…