Legal Opinion
In re the Arbitration between Country-Wide Insurance & Barrios
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1979PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the judgment of Supreme Court denying the insurer’s application for a permanent stay of arbitration reinstated.
Under the provisions of section 675 of the Insurance Law as implemented by regulations promulgated by the Superintendent of Insurance the insured is given the option of submitting any dispute involving the insurer’s liability to pay first-party benefits, including his attorney’s reasonable fee, to arbitration for resolution. In the present case the insured is availing *832himself of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Board of Education of Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District v. Patchogue-Medford Congress of TeachersNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- In Re the Arbitration Between Fresh Meadows Medical Associates & Liberty Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- In re the Arbitration between Country-Wide Insurance & BarriosNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
3Cited by2 opinions
- Matter of City Sch. Dist. of the City of Tonawanda v. Tonawanda Educ. Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Reliance Insurance v. O'NeillNew York Supreme Court · 1980