Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Sabella

—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration of an uninsured motorist claim, Preferred Mutual Insurance appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Trainor, J.H.O.), entered March 24, 2000, which granted the petition.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The respondent James Sabella was the operator of a motor vehicle involved in an accident with a vehicle owned and operated by Joseph Hernandez. At the time, Sabella was insured by the petitioner, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (hereinafter Liberty). Liberty alleged in the petition that…