Legal Opinion

General Accident Insurance v. Brown

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

Decided July 26, 1999PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration of an underinsured motorist claim, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Rudolph, J.), entered September 2, 1998, which granted the petition.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court correctly determined that the declarations page of the policy of automobile insurance issued by General Accident Insurance Company to the appellant contains a single, combined limit of uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage. Accordingly, the offset provision set forth in the policy…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Matter of Allstate Ins. Co.(stolarz-Njm)New York Court of Appeals · 1993
  2. Government Employees Insurance v. O'HaireAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  3. Nationwide Insurance v. KuchtaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Liberty Mutual Insurance v. WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  2. Liberty Mutual Insurance v. TettehAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  3. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. BiglerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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