MATTER OF ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. HOWELL

4186N. 260647/11.

151 A.D.3d 461 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 04406

56 N.Y.S.3d 89

In the Matter of ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. ALMETA HOWELL, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided June 6, 2017.


Petitioner seeks to permanently stay an underinsured motorist benefits arbitration proceeding brought by respondent in New York.

The motion court erred in dismissing the motion to stay as untimely. The time restrictions set forth at CPLR 7503 (c) do not apply where, as here, respondent waived her right to arbitrate by initiating litigation on the same claims (see Sherrill v Grayco Bldrs., 64 N.Y.2d 261, 272-273 [1985];

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