Legal Opinion
Reichel v. Government Employees Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 1, 1985PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*464OPINION OF THE COURT
Mangano, J.
Lena Reichel was injured and subsequently died as a result of a hit-and-run accident. Thereafter, in an arbitration proceeding commenced pursuant to the uninsured motorist indorsement of an automobile liability insurance policy covering the decedent, her estate obtained an award from the arbitrator against the insurer GEICO in the principal sum of $100,000. The crucial question to be resolved on this appeal is whether GEICO is entitled to relitigate all of the issues involved in the claim, by trial de novo in a court of competent jurisdiction.
In our view, the…
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- In re the Arbitration between Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority & EvansNew York Supreme Court · 1983
- Country-Wide Insurance v. WagonerNew York Supreme Court · 1976
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