In re the Arbitration between New York Telephone Co. & Pennsylvania General Insurance

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Williams, J.), entered July 10,1981 in Albany County, which denied petitioner’s application, pursuant to CPLR 7511, to vacate an arbitration award. In December, 1977, one year following an automobile accident between respondent’s insured and an employee of petitioner, respondent served petitioner with a notice of arbitration pursuant to section 674 of the Insurance Law. Petitioner answered through its general counsel’s office, indicating that it would have a personal representative at the hearing, but requested that arbitration be…