Legal Opinion
Leto v. Petruzzi
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 29, 1981PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mangano, J.
On this appeal, we consider whether an arbitration award in an amount equal to the full statutory limit of liability under an uninsured motorist indorsement in an automobile accident insurance policy bars a legal action for personal *297injury by the arbitration claimant when there is no indication that the arbitration award represents the total damages due the claimant for noneconomic loss.
Susan Leto and her husband, Michael Leto, were injured when the automobile in which they were riding, owned by Joseph Bongiorno and operated by Carmen Petruzzi, collided with a…
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