City of Long Beach v. State Farm Insurance

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County. (Brandveen, J.), dated May 24, 2006, which granted the petition.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the petition is denied.

On July 29, 2002 an insured of State Farm Insurance Companies (hereinafter State Farm) was in a vehicle which was struck by a vehicle owned by the City of Long Beach (hereinafter Long Beach). State Farm paid its insured no-fault benefits. State Farm then sought to recover such benefits from Long Beach’s…