Country Wide Insurance v. Dumawal

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol E. Huff, J.), entered September 11, 1992, denying a petition for permanent stay of arbitration, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the petition is granted, without costs.

Respondent purchased a policy of automobile insurance from petitioner with liability limits of $100,000/300,000 for bodily injury, $25,000 property damage, and $10,000/20,000 uninsured motorist coverage. After an accident with another vehicle that was minimally insured, respondent settled with that vehicle’s insurer for the $10,000 limit of that policy, and then served a…