Allstate Insurance v. Hallback

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to vacate an arbitration award, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Colby, J.), dated April 22, 1991, which granted the petitioner’s application to vacate the award, and denied the appellant’s cross motion to confirm the award.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the cross motion is granted, the award is confirmed, and the application to vacate the award is dismissed on the merits.

The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in vacating the arbitration award. Indeed, not only had the…