Matter of Preferred Mutual Insurance Company (Fisher)

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Becker, J.), entered January 13, 2014 in Delaware County, which denied petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR 7503 to permanently stay arbitration between the parties.

In September 2012, respondent was struck by a vehicle while crossing a street in Brooklyn. In August 2013, she submitted a request to petitioner, her parents’ automobile liability insurance company, for arbitration of her potential supplemental uninsured/underinsured motorist (hereinafter SUM) insurance coverage under her parents’ policy. The parties entered into a stipulation to…