Maya Assurance Co. v. Hussain

The petitioner, Maya Assurance Company (hereinafter Maya), commenced this proceeding to stay arbitration demanded by the respondent, Iqbal Hussain. After the proceeding was commenced, the Supreme Court granted Maya leave to add GEICO as a respondent to the proceeding (see CPLR 401; see also 1003).

Although service of the notice of petition to stay arbitration by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) is sufficient to confer jurisdiction over a party to the proposed arbitration (see CPLR 7503 [c]), it was insufficient to confer jurisdiction over GEICO since it was not a party…