Allstate Insurance v. Kruger

In a proceeding to permanently stay an uninsured motorist arbitration, Karin Kruger appeals from -an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Owen, J.), dated June 22, 1998, which granted the petition.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

On April 22, 1994, the appellant, while insured by the petitioner Allstate Insurance Company (hereinafter Allstate), was in an automobile accident with another vehicle. The appellant claims that shortly after the accident she retained her present counsel who, by letter dated October 20, 1994, advised Allstate that she was making a claim under the…