Government Employees Insurance v. Bartlett

In a proceeding pursuant to CFLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration of a claim for uninsured motorist benefits, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Speziale, Ct. Atty. Ref.), entered March 7, 2012, which, after a hearing, denied the petition.

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

*827On June 29, 2010, Richard Bartlett allegedly was injured when the vehicle he was operating in Manhattan was struck by another vehicle that fled the scene. On October 1, 2010, Bartlett sought…