Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

*927OPINION OF THE COURT

Stanley Parness, J.

Motion by Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation (MVAIC) to confirm the awards issued by the arbitrator in a mandatory arbitration proceeding brought between petitioner, MVAIC, and respondent, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (Aetna), pursuant to Insurance Law § 5105 and 11 NYCRR 65.10 to obtain reimbursement of no-fault benefits paid by MVAIC to the two injured claimants. The awards rendered directed Aetna, as the first-party insurer under its policy with Barenboim, the owner of the host vehicle in which the injured claimants were passengers,…