Legal Opinion
Kotsis v. Empire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 10, 2000Published
1Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR Article 75 to vacate an arbitration award, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dowd, J.), dated June 14, 1999, which denied the petition and granted the cross motion of Empire Insurance Company to confirm the award.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The arbitration award under review was not arbitrary, capricious, or irrational, and the Supreme Court was therefore correct in confirming it (see, CPLR 7511 [b] [1] [iii]; Matter of MVAIC v Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 89 NY2d 214, 223; Board of Educ. v Dover-Wingdale…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1996
- Board of Education of the Dover Union Free School District v. Dover-Wingdale Teachers' Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Williams v. HughesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Hanover Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Interboro Mutual Indemnity Insurance v. Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998