Micha v. Merchants Mutual Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Smyk, J.), entered September 9,1982 in Broome County, which denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint. The dispositive issue on this appeal concerns the accrual date for an insured’s cause of action against his motor vehicle liability insurer based upon the insurer’s refusal to pay first-party benefits under the “no-fault” provisions of its insurance policy. We reject defendant’s contention that the accrual date for the cause of action is the date of the accident and hold that it accrues when the payment of benefits becomes…
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