Travelers Insurance v. Cohen

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75, inter alia, to permanently stay arbitration of a claim for uninsured motorist benefits, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Giacomo, J.), dated November 7, 2007, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs to the petitioner payable by the respondent Pearl Cohen and the proposed additional respondent Progressive Northeastern Insurance Company, the petition is granted, and the arbitration is permanently stayed.

Pearl Cohen allegedly was…