Order reversed, on the law, with $50 costs and disbursements, the application for a stay of arbitration is denied and the parties are directed to proceed to arbitration. CPLR 7503 (subd [c]) requires that notice of an application to stay arbitration be served in the same manner as a summons, or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.
Service by the insurer of the notice of petition to stay arbitration by ordinary mail was jurisdictionally defective...
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