Statewide Insurance v. Ray
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to stay arbitration, the petitioner Statewide Insurance Company appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Robbins, J.), entered October 1, 1985, which denied the application.
Ordered that the order is reversed, with costs, and that branch of the petitioner Statewide Insurance Company’s petition which sought a stay of arbitration is granted.
For an insurer to disclaim its liability to its insured on the ground of lack of cooperation, the insurer must demonstrate (1) that it acted diligently in seeking to bring about the insured’s…
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