In re the Arbitration between Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. & County-Wide Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

In re the Arbitration between Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. & County-Wide Insurance

69 A.D.2d 862, 415 N.Y.S.2d 446, 1979 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11568

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedApril 16, 1979

StatusPublished

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In re the Arbitration between Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. & County-Wide Insurance, 69 A.D.2d 862, 415 N.Y.S.2d 446, 1979 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11568 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1979).

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Opinion

In a proceeding to stay arbitration, the Country-Wide Insurance Company appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, dated September 19, 1978, which granted the application on the ground of the Statute of Limitations. Judgment reversed, on the law, with $50 costs and disbursements, application denied, and the parties are directed to proceed to arbitration forthwith. On February 15, 1974 an automobile accident occurred between an automobile insured by the petitioner, Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, and an automobile insured by the appellant, Country-Wide Insurance Company. A dispute arose between the appellant and petitioner as to which carrier had the responsibility for the no-fault payments. In the ensuing arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator deferred determination of the ultimate liability as between the two insurers until after the underlying personal injury action was determined, and held Country-Wide responsible for the initial no-fault payments to the insured. Since the question of ultimate liability was raised in the first arbitration proceeding and the determination deferred, the Statute of Limitations stopped running at that point. Thus, there is no viable Statute of Limitations defense to the current arbitration based on the same issue. Damiani, J. P., Shapiro, Margett and. Martuscello, JJ., concur.

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In a proceeding to stay arbitration, the Country-Wide Insurance Company appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, dated September 19, 1978, which granted the application on the ground of the Statute of Limitations. Judgment reversed, on the law, with $50 costs and disbursements, application denied, and the parties are directed to proceed to arbitration forthwith. On February 15, 1974 an automobile accident occurred between an automobile insured by the petitioner, Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, and an automobile insured by the appellant, Country-Wide Insurance Company. A dispute arose between the appellant and petitioner as to which carrier had the responsibility for the no-fault payments. In the ensuing arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator deferred determination of the ultimate liability as between the two insurers until after the underlying personal injury action was determined, and held Country-Wide responsible for the initial no-fault payments to the insured. Since the question of ultimate liability was raised in the first arbitration proceeding and the determination deferred, the Statute of Limitations stopped running at that point. Thus, there is no viable Statute of Limitations defense to the current arbitration based on the same issue. Damiani, J. P., Shapiro, Margett and. Martuscello, JJ., concur.

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69 A.D.2d 862, 415 N.Y.S.2d 446, 1979 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11568, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/in-re-the-arbitration-between-hartford-accident-indemnity-co-nyappdiv-1979.