Mayflower Insurance v. Pellegrino

Opinion

BEST, J.

Michael Anthony Pellegrino and Sue Pellegrino appeal from an order denying their petition to compel arbitration pursuant to the arbitration clause of the uninsured motorists coverage provisions of a policy of automobile liability insurance issued by plaintiff Mayflower Insurance Company. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural History

On August 1, 1986, John N. Karastathas was a passenger in a vehicle owned and operated by appellant Michael A. Pellegrino. On that date, the Pellegrino vehicle was involved in a collision caused by the operator of an uninsured…