Metropolitan Casualty & Property Insurance v. Suggs

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (William McCooe, J.), entered June 25, 1999, which dismissed Metropolitan Casualty & Property Insurance Company’s petition to stay arbitration on the ground that the petition was not served in compliance with CPLR 7503 (c), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Contrary to petitioner’s argument, its service of papers in accordance with CPLR 403 (c) to initiate this proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR 7503 (c) was improper. In this connection, we reject petitioner’s contention that it effectively complied with the requirement of CPLR 7503 (c) that notice of…