Hanover Insurance v. Etienne

*826In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration of a claim for uninsured motorist benefits, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Held, J.), dated June 26, 2007, which denied the petition.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the petition to permanently stay the arbitration is granted.

The Supreme Court erred in denying the petition for a permanent stay of arbitration since the respondents failed to file a sworn statement with the petitioner insurance company within 90 days of the alleged hit-and-run…