Legal Opinion
Selimis v. General Accident Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 13, 1999PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to modify an arbitration award, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kassoff, J.), dated June 11, 1998, which denied the petition and granted the respondent’s cross petition to confirm the award.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
We agree with the petitioner that the Supreme Court should have applied the heightened standard of review applicable to compulsory arbitrations in deciding this proceeding (see, Matter of MVAIC v Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 89 NY2d 214; Caso v Coffey, 41 NY2d 153; Matter of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Matter of Allstate Ins. Co.(stolarz-Njm)New York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1996
- United Community Insurance v. MucatelNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- United Community Insurance v. MucatelNew York Supreme Court · 1985
- Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance v. CarletonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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