Legal Opinion
Government Employees Insurance v. Snell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 10, 2001PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR 7503 to stay arbitration of an uninsured motorist claim, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Adams, J.), dated August 17, 2000, which granted the petition.
*683Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Since the appellant failed to report the alleged hit-and-run accident to the police within 24 hours or as soon as reasonably possible as required by the policy at issue, she is precluded from recovering the policy’s uninsured motorist benefits (see, Matter of State Farm Mut. Ins. Co. v Genao, 210 AD2d 340; Matter of United States…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re the Arbitration between Allcity Insurance & JimenezNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- State Farm Mutual Insurance v. GenaoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Legion Insurance v. EstevezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- United States Fire Insurance Co. v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Government Employees Insurance v. BartlettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- Government Employees Insurance v. BartlettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- Matter of Geico Ins. Co. v. SilverioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019