Metropolitan Property & Liability Insurance v. Torcivia

In a proceeding to permanently stay arbitration, the appeals are from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Mclnerney, J.), one entered September 23, 1981 and the other entered October 1, 1981, which, inter alia, granted the application. Judgments reversed, on the law, with one bill of costs, petition denied and the parties are directed to proceed to arbitration. The contractual requirement of notice contained in the insurance policy was satisfactorily met by appellant’s written communications with petitioner detailing the claim (see Mehilentze v Sea Ins. Co., 76 AD2d 884).…