Legal Opinion
Martinez v. Metropolitan Property & Liability Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 17, 1989PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to vacate a master arbitrator’s award which vacated an expedited arbitration award, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of Supreme Court, Nassau County (Christ, J.), entered June 22, 1987, which denied his petition to vacate the master arbitrator’s award.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
We agree that the master arbitrator did not exceed his power in this case (see, Matter of Smith [Firemen’s Ins. Co.], 55 NY2d 224). A master arbitrator is empowered to vacate an *611award rendered in expedited arbitration which is incorrect as a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re the Arbitration between Petrofsky & Allstate InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- In Re the Arbitration Between Smith & Firemen's InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- In re the Arbitration between OwensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
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- Central General Hospital v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Allstate Ins. Co. v. Longevity Med. Supply, Inc.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2018
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