Legal Opinion
Matter of Kensington Ins. Co. v. James Riv. Specialty Ins. Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 25, 2014No. 13601N 260579/08PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alison Y. Tuitt, J.), entered December 13, 2013, which granted respondent’s cross motion to dismiss the petition seeking to permanently stay arbitration of a dispute over insurance coverage in an underlying personal injury action, and to compel arbitration, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
This dispute over liability insurance coverage involves a contract “evidencing a transaction involving commerce,” and is therefore governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 USC § 1 et seq.) (Cusimano v Schnurr, 120 AD3d 142, 147 [1st Dept 2014] [internal quotation marks…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- God's Battalion of Prayer Pentecostal Church, Inc. v. Miele AssociatesNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
- In Re the Arbitration Between Prinze & JonasNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Edge Management Consulting, Inc. v. IrmasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- Cusimano v. SchnurrAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
- DiBello v. SalkowitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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