American Country Insurance v. Kabir

In a proceeding pursuant to CELR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration of an uninsured motorist claim, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Taylor, J), dated January 31, 2003, which granted the petition and permanently stayed arbitration.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs payable by the petitionér-respondent, the petition is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed.

Contrary to the conclusion of the Supreme Court, since American Country Insurance Company failed to seek a stay of Syed Kabir’s demand for uninsured motorist arbitration…