In re the Arbitration between Kolesnik & State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

—Graffeo, J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Coutant, J.), entered July 8, 1998 in Broome County, which denied petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR 7511 to vacate an arbitration award.

Petitioner commenced this proceeding to vacate an arbitration award which denied her no-fault medical and lost wages benefits for injuries she suffered in two automobile accidents in 1996. In the first accident, petitioner sustained a cervical strain and respondent paid petitioner’s medical bills and lost wages. Approximately six months later, petitioner was involved in a second accident and after…