Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York October 30, 1981 (City of Syracuse v. Utica Mutual Insurance)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Callahan, J.

The issue to be resolved on this appeal is whether an insurance company seeking reimbursement of first-party benefits it has paid must serve a notice of claim pursuant to section 50-e of the General Municipal Law as a condition precedent to mandatory arbitration against a municipal self-insurer under section 674 of the Insurance Law.