Citation Numbers: 32 A.D.2d 912
Filed Date: 7/10/1969
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 1/12/2022
Order entered June 4, 1968, granting a stay in arbitration pending a preliminary trial of the issue of whether an “ uninsured ” vehicle was involved in the accident is reversed, on the law, with $30 costs and disbursements to appellant and stay of .arbitration denied. Petitioner insurance company concedes (1) that service of a demand for arbitration served by the respondent complied fully with CPLR 7503 (subd. [e]) as did the caveat contained in the notice; and (2) that the subject proceeding to stay arbitration was instituted more than 10 days after service of the aforesaid demand for arbitration. Petitioner contends that the failure to apply for a stay within 10 days does not preclude the preliminary trial of the issue of whether an uninsured vehicle was involved in the subject accident. Petitioner argues that respondent “ Ness does not fall within the agreement for arbitration because of the fact that there is no .uninsured vehicle involved in this particular situation. Therefore, her legal remedy should be .pursued before a Court of Law and not before the American Arbitration Association.” The demand for arbitration contained the provision under CPLR 7503 (subd. [c]) that “ unless the party served applies to stay arbitration within ten days after such service [the said party] shall thereafter he precluded from objecting