Opinion
2004-1461 Q C.
Decided July 1, 2005.
Appeal by petitioner from an order of the Civil Court, Queens County (B. Siegal, J.), entered June 22, 2004, denying its petition to confirm the arbitrator's award.
Order unanimously modified by vacating the amended arbitrator's award; as so modified, affirmed without costs.
Before: PRESENT: GOLIA, J.P., RIOS and BELEN, JJ.
Petitioner State Farm Insurance Company commenced the instant special proceeding to confirm the April 2003 amended arbitrator's award. CPLR 7510 provides that "[t]he court shall confirm an award upon application of a party made within one year after its delivery to him, unless the award is vacated or modified upon a ground specified in section 7511." Upon a review of the record, we find that in amending the original arbitrator's award, Arbitration Forums, Inc. exceeded its powers since such amendment was not made within the mandates of section 5-2 of its Rules and Regulations. Accordingly, the amended arbitrator's award is vacated pursuant to CPLR 7511 (b) (1) (iii) and, thus, the court below properly denied the petition.
We note that a special proceeding should terminate in a judgment not an order ( see CPLR 411).