Opinion
Argued September 12, 1983
Decided October 18, 1983
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, ROBERT M. QUIGLEY, J.
Francis M. Letro and Paul William Beltz for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General ( Peter J. Dooley and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.
Robert H. Silk for New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Inc., amicus curiae. David L. Hoffberg and Mary Louise Barhite for American Insurance Association and another, amici curiae.
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice REID S. MOULE at the Appellate Division ( 90 A.D.2d 342).
Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and KAYE. Taking no part: Judge SIMONS.