Legal Opinion
Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Michaels
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 22, 2006Published
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Niagara County (Richard C. Kloch, Sr., A.J.), entered March 30, 2006. The order, among other things, denied respondent’s motion to disqualify the arbitrator and to appoint a neutral arbitrator.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Petitioner, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nationwide), commenced this proceeding seeking a permanent or temporary stay of arbitration arising from a demand for arbitration of supplemental uninsured motorist benefits. Supreme Court…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re Arbitration Between Astoria Medical Group & Health Insurance PlanNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
- Rabinowitz v. OlewskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- In Re the Arbitration Between Kornit & Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- County of Niagara v. BaniaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004