Judgment affirmed, with $50 costs and disbursements.
There having been no rational basis under the statute for the arbitrator's determination that "first party benefits" payable as compensation for lost earnings might exceed $800 per month, his award was properly vacated by Special Term (see Insurance Law, § 671, subd 2, par [a]; Matter of Garcia v Federal Ins. Co.,
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