Greater New York Mutual Insurance v. Rankin

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louise Gruner Gans, J.), entered July 10, 2001, which, inter alia, granted third-party plaintiffs’ motion to stay arbitration and denied the cross motion of third-party defendants Feathered Nest and David Bench to compel arbitration, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Contrary to the contentions of Feathered Nest and Bench, this matter is not governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and federal law, since it does not involve a transaction in interstate commerce (see Federal Arbitration Act [9 USC] § 2).

Under New York law, the right to compel arbitration…