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Matter of Nationwide Ins. Co. v. McDonnell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 9, 1998
248 A.D.2d 476 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Summary

In Matter of Nationwide Ins. Co. v. McDonnell (248 A.D.2d 476), this court reversed that order because Nationwide's application to stay was not brought within the 20-day limitation period set out in CPLR 7503(c).

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Opinion

March 9, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Lefkowitz, J.).


Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, the application is denied, and the proceeding to stay arbitration is dismissed.

On May 9, 1995, the appellant's deceased, William McDonnell, served Nationwide Insurance Company (hereinafter Nationwide) with a demand for arbitration of an uninsured motorist benefits claim. After its investigation indicated that there had been no physical contact between the vehicle of the deceased claimant and the alleged hit-and-run vehicle, Nationwide denied the claim and, in March 1997 made an application to stay arbitration pending a judicial determination of the issue of physical contact.

Because the issue of physical contact with the uninsured vehicle relates to whether certain conditions of coverage have been satisfied, Nationwide's application to stay arbitration should have been brought within the 20-day limitation period set out in CPLR 7503 (c) ( see, Matter of Steck [State Farm Ins. Co.], 89 N.Y.2d 1082; Matter of CNA Ins. Co. v. Carsley, 243 A.D.2d 474). The application was therefore untimely, and should have been denied.

Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Copertino and Santucci, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Nationwide Ins. Co. v. McDonnell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 9, 1998
248 A.D.2d 476 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

In Matter of Nationwide Ins. Co. v. McDonnell (248 A.D.2d 476), this court reversed that order because Nationwide's application to stay was not brought within the 20-day limitation period set out in CPLR 7503(c).

Summary of this case from Matter of Nationwide Insurance Company
Case details for

Matter of Nationwide Ins. Co. v. McDonnell

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent, v. KELLI…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 9, 1998

Citations

248 A.D.2d 476 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
668 N.Y.S.2d 920

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