American Transit Ins. v. Wason

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Nicholas Doyle, Special Ref.), entered June 21, 2007, which granted the petition to stay arbitration of an uninsured motorist claim upon a finding that the vehicle owned by additional respondent Palache and insured by additional respondent State Farm Insurance Co., was involved in the subject accident, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondent Cora Wason testified at a framed-issue hearing that the taxi in which she was a passenger was involved in an accident with a dark green, four-door vehicle, which fled the scene. Upon exiting the taxi, Wason…