MATTER OF PETROFSKY (ALLSTATE INS CO)


54 N.Y.2d 207 (1981)

In the Matter of the Arbitration between Benjamin Petrofsky, Appellant, and Allstate Insurance Company, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Edmund Resciniti for appellant.

Marshall D. Sweetbaum and Benjamin Purvin for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.


JASEN, J.

The appropriate scope of review for a master arbitrator when reviewing, pursuant to section 675 of the Insurance Law, the decision of an arbitrator is the question presented on this appeal.

The underlying facts of this case are that the petitioner, Benjamin Petrofsky, was injured in an automobile accident on December 4, 1977. At the time of the accident, petitioner was unemployed and, therefore...

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