Matter of Country-Wide Ins. Co. v. Montero

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to stay arbitration of a claim for supplementary uninsured motorist benefits, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Raf-faele, J.), entered August 6, 2015, which, after a framed issue hearing, denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding. Motion by the additional respondent Global Liberty Insurance Company of New York to dismiss the appeal as academic. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 9, 2017, the motion was held in abeyance and referred to the panel of Justices hearing the appeal…