Alam v. Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Mary Ann BriganttiHughes, J.), entered March 14, 2014, which, in an action to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained in a hit-and-run accident, denied the petition seeking leave under Insurance Law § 5218 to bring an action against respondent, Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, and the petition granted, without costs.

Petitioner met his burden of demonstrating that the subject accident was one in which the identity of the owner and operator of the subject motor vehicle was not…