MATTER OF STECK


89 N.Y.2d 1082 (1997)

681 N.E.2d 1285

659 N.Y.S.2d 839

In the Matter of the Arbitration between William L. Steck, Jr., Appellant, and State Farm Insurance Company, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 25, 1996


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis & Lewis, P. C., Buffalo (Richard P. Amico of counsel), for appellant.

Michael T. Hagelin, Buffalo, for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur in memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the petition to stay arbitration denied.

On August 18, 1992, appellant, while driving a vehicle, was seriously injured in an automobile accident. He recovered $300,000 to settle the claim, the maximum coverage of the tortfeasor driver's insurance policy. Appellant possessed automobile coverage with respondent State Farm Insurance...

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