In re Arbitration between State-Wide Insurance & Lopez

Appeal by petitioner from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens 'County, dated October 23, 1967, which denied its application pursuant to CPLR 7503 to stay arbitration proceedings and granted respondents’ cross motion to dismiss the petition. Judgment affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements. Petitioner is the insurer of an automobile owned and operated by respondent Domingo Lopez at a time when it was involved in a collision allegedly caused by a “ hit and run ” driver. The remaining respondents were passengers in the Lopez vehicle at that time. All respondents asserted a claim against…