Mele v. General Accident Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCasey, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Lynch, J.), entered October 16, 1992 in Schenectady County, which, inter alia, granted petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR 7510 to confirm an arbitration award.
At issue on this appeal is whether the arbitrators exceeded their authority when, in a claim for underinsurance coverage pursuant to a policy issued by respondent, the arbitrators awarded petitioner an amount in excess of the limits for underinsurance coverage contained in the policy.. We hold that the arbitrators lacked the authority to make an award in *732excess of the policy limits and,…
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