Legal Opinion
National Union Fire Insurance v. Hugee
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 2, 1997PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Helen E. Freedman, J.
*620This special proceeding raises a previously undecided issue, namely, whether under the "commencement-by-filing” system in effect since 1992, an application to stay arbitration is timely if the petition is filed within the 20-day statutory period (CPLR 7503 [c]) but service is effected after 20 days.1
Petitioner National Union Fire Insurance Company (National Union) seeks to stay arbitration of respondent Elaine Hugee’s uninsured motorist claim on the ground that she has not demonstrated that the offending vehicle, owned and operated by one Larry W.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lumpkin v. Department of Social ServicesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- In re the Arbitration between Knickerbocker Insurance & GilbertNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
- Monarch Insurance v. PollackAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
- Chira v. Global Medical Review Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1994
- Lumpkin v. Department of Social ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- In re the Arbitration between State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance & RickardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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