Legal Opinion

Palmer v. Allstate Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 23, 1984PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mollen, P. J.

William D. Palmer and the United States Department of Labor, the petitioners, appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, which denied confirmation of an arbitration award. The central issue is whether the arbitrator’s failure to deduct Federal disability payments from an award of first-party benefits under the New York Comprehensive Automobile Insurance Reparations Act (the No-Fault Insurance Law) was so irrational as to require vacatur. We begin with a review of the facts.

*128On December 31, 1976, William D. Palmer, a United States Postal Service…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Kurcsics v. Merchants Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Montgomery v. DanielsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. In re the Arbitration between Shand & Aetna InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
  4. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. JackoweAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  5. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. BrooksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Allstate Insurance Company v. Kieron Mazzola and First Fidelity L.S. Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  2. Gregoria Rosa v. Allstate Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
  3. Fox v. Atlantic Mutual InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  4. Empire Mutual Insurance v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  5. Canfield v. BeachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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